interment en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪnˈtɝmənt/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement. By surface analysis, inter + -ment.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of burying a dead body; burial.
In a chamber tomb at Milatos, Mr. Evans discovered in 1899 a painted larnax or sarcophagus, on which there is figured a great Mycenæan body shield, although not of the usual figure-of-eight shape. A false neck vase, however, that belongs almost certainly to the same interment is, in shape and design, similar to one found at Muliana in company with two late bronze broadswords, and bronze brooches like those found at Thunder Hill.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 101:She was to be given a state funeral, followed by interment at Arlington National Cemetery.
2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 784:The jaw indicates the beginning of a long tradition of the interment of dogs with people, which reveals a deep attachment between some people and canids.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 189:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| interments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
exhumation · unearthing · disinterment
Holonyms
Relateds
internment · death · cemetery · corpse
Synonyms
burial · deposition obs. · inhumation · deep six idiom
Translations (27)
fa خاکسپاری (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · mi tāpukenga (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ta அடக்கம் (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ota كوممه (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · hy թաղում (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · el ενταφιασμός (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · pt enterro (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · wa etermint (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · es entierro (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ar دَفْن (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · nl teraardebestelling (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · de Beerdigung (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · mi nehunga (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · mi tanumanga (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · bg погребение (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · la sepultūra (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · uk поховання (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ca enterrament (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · nl begrafenis (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ro înhumare (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ro înmormântare (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · nrf entèrrement (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · pl pochówek (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · fa دفن (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ru погребе́ние (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · fi hautaus (The act of burying a dead body; burial) · ota تدفین (The act of burying a dead body; burial)