Dictionary

cremation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.
   • Cremation removes a significant amount of "closure" from the process of death.

Forms

Deriveds

precremation · aquamation · cremationism · cremationist · biocremation · autocremation · direct cremation · cremation oven · water cremation

Relateds

crematorium · crematory · cremate · cremating

Synonyms

incineration

Translations (62)

ro incinerare (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · sv likbränning (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · ga créamadh (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · el αποτέφρωση (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nl crematie (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · cs kremace (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · la cremātiō (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · cy darlosgiad (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nb kremasjon (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · de Kremierung (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nl lijkverbranding (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · tr kremasyon (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · es cremación (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · da kremering (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nb likbrenning (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · de Feuerbestattung (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · fi polttaminen (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · af verassing (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · ko 화장 (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nn kremasjon (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · bg кремация (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · de Kremation (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · hi अग्निदाह (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · ko 소각 (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · id kremasi (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · is bálför (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · pt cremação (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · sa शवदाह (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · bg изгаряне (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nb kremering (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · sv kremation (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · sv eldbegängelse (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · it cremazione (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · eo kremacio (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · de Leichenverbrennung (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · fi polttohautaus (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · ro cremațiune (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · da ligbrænding (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · sv kremering (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · hu hamvasztás (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · ru крема́ция (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · cmn 火葬 (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · vo funifefilükam (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · af kremasie (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nn kremering (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · cy amlosgiad (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · af lykverbranding (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · he משרפה \ מִשׂרָפָה (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · kw korfloskans (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nn likbrenning (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · uk крема́ція (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · pl kremacja (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · de Einäscherung (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · fr crémation (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · my ဈာပန (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · sk kremácia (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · th ฌาปนกิจ (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · nl verassing (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · cy corfflosgiad (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · ja 火葬 (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · vo fefilükam (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse) · pl ciałopalenie (burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse)