inter en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈtɛr/ (Scotland)
- /ɪnˈtɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈtɛː/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
- /ɪnˈteː/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- /ɪnˈtøː/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪnˈtɜː/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Middle English enteren, borrowed from Old French enterrer, enterer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put in earth”).
Meanings
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To bury in a grave.
The tomb was discovered on Fenghuangshan (Phoenix Hill) in Chinancheng, Chiangling county, in China’s central Hupeh province. An inscription on a bamboo tablet found in it shows that the corpse was interred in the fifth moon of the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Wen, that is, in 167 B.C.
1975 October, “Newly-Found Han Tomb Relics and Male Corpse”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 10, Peking, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:
- To confine, as in a prison.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| interring | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| enter | alternative | lexicographic | |
| inters | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| interred | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| interred | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
unearth · dig up · exhume · disinter · disentomb
Deriveds
Relateds
inter alios · inter nos · inter alia · inter pocula · res inter alios acta · donatio inter vivos · inter partes
Synonyms
bury · inearth · inhume · entomb
Translations (42)
cmn 安葬 (bury in a grave) · de begraben (bury in a grave) · fr enterrer (bury in a grave) · chr ᎦᏂᏏᎭ (bury in a grave) · ru хорони́ть (bury in a grave) · vi an táng (bury in a grave) · ar يَقْبِر (bury in a grave) · pt enterrar (bury in a grave) · uk ховати (bury in a grave) · it interrare (bury in a grave) · cmn 下葬 (bury in a grave) · ota كوممك (bury in a grave) · uk хоронити (bury in a grave) · gl soterrar (bury in a grave) · is jarðsetja (bury in a grave) · io enterigar (bury in a grave) · la tumulō (bury in a grave) · uk похоронити (bury in a grave) · is greftra (bury in a grave) · es enterrar (bury in a grave) · ru зака́пывать (bury in a grave) · mi tanu (bury in a grave) · uk поховати (bury in a grave) · is jarða (bury in a grave) · nl ter aarde bestellen (bury in a grave) · ca enterrar (bury in a grave) · it seppellire (bury in a grave) · la sepeliō (bury in a grave) · mi nehu (bury in a grave) · tr gömmek (bury in a grave) · it inumare (bury in a grave) · vi chôn cất (bury in a grave) · bg погребвам (bury in a grave) · gl enterrar (bury in a grave) · cs pohřbít (bury in a grave) · es internar (confine, as in a prison.) · cmn 埋葬 (bury in a grave) · fi haudata (bury in a grave) · eo enterigi (bury in a grave) · tr defnetmek (bury in a grave) · it tumulare (bury in a grave) · nl begraven (bury in a grave)