Dictionary

inhumation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɪn.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English inhume Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English inhumation From inhume + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of burial.
   • "Cremation versus Inhumation" was the subject considered at the meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club at the residence of Mr. Courtlandt Palmer, No. 117 East One Hundred and Seventeenth-street, last evening. 1885 March 18, “Cremation or Burial”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Sep 2010:
   • Stampolidis's team has unearthed three types of Iron Age burials at Orthi Petra . . . dating from the ninth to the seventh century B.C.: pithos (large ceramic jar) burials, cremations, and basic inhumations. 2010 March 10, Eti Bonn-Muller, “Dynasty of Priestesses”, in archaeology.org, retrieved 10 Sep 2010:
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
3. (countable, uncountable) Arenation.

Forms

Antonyms

exhumation · disinterment

Deriveds

inhumationist

Synonyms

burial · entombment · interment

Translations (16)

pl pochówek (The act of burial) · bg погребение (The act of burial) · gl soterramento (The act of burial) · es inhumación (The act of burial) · gl enterramento (The act of burial) · de Inhumation (The act of burial) · pl inhumacja (The act of burial) · ca inhumació (The act of burial) · gl inhumación (The act of burial) · de Erdbestattung (The act of burial) · de Beerdigung (The act of burial) · fr inhumation (The act of burial) · es entierro (The act of burial) · ota كوممه (The act of burial) · ota تدفین (The act of burial) · it inumazione (The act of burial)