Burial

//ˈbɛɹɪəl//

Synonyms for "burial" (111 found)

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Translations

105 translations across 64 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • varrim noun (interment)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ταφή noun (interment)

Arabic

3 entries
  • تَدْفِين noun (interment)
  • دفين noun (interment)
  • دَفْن noun (interment)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թաղում noun (interment)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • murmintari noun (interment)
  • ngrupari noun (interment)
  • ngrupiljari noun (interment)
  • ngrupãciuni noun (interment)

Asturian

1 entries
  • entierru noun (interment)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • dəfn noun (interment)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пахава́нне noun (interment)
  • хаўту́ры noun (interment)

Bengali

1 entries
  • দাফন noun (interment)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • погребе́ние noun (interment)

Catalan

1 entries
  • enterrament noun (interment)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 埋葬 noun (interment)

Czech

2 entries
  • pohřbení noun (interment)
  • pohřeb noun (interment)

Danish

1 entries
  • begravelse noun (interment)

Dutch

1 entries
  • begrafenis noun (interment)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • entombigo noun (interment)

Estonian

2 entries
  • matmine noun (interment)
  • matus noun (interment)

Finnish

1 entries
  • hautaus noun (interment)

French

4 entries
  • ensevelissement noun (interment)
  • enterrement noun (interment)
  • inhumation noun (interment)
  • sépulture noun (interment)

Galician

1 entries
  • enterro noun (interment)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დაკრძალვა noun (interment)

German

1 entries
  • Begräbnis noun (interment)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌷 noun (interment)

Greek

1 entries
  • ταφή noun (interment)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • קְבוּרָה noun (interment)

Hindi

1 entries
  • दफ़न noun (interment)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • temetés noun (interment)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • greftrun noun (interment)

Italian

2 entries
  • inumazione noun (interment)
  • sepoltura noun (interment)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 埋葬 noun (interment)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • cutcut noun (interment)
  • kutkut noun (interment)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жерлеу noun (interment)

Korean

1 entries
  • 매장 noun (interment)

Latin

3 entries
  • humātiō noun (interment)
  • illātiō noun (interment)
  • sepultūra noun (interment)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • закоп noun (interment)
  • погреб noun (interment)

Māori

3 entries
  • nehunga noun (interment)
  • tanumanga noun (interment)
  • tāpukenga noun (interment)

Norman

1 entries
  • entèrrement noun (interment)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • begravelse noun (interment)

Occitan

1 entries
  • enterrament noun (interment)

Oromo

1 entries
  • awwaala noun (interment)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • تدفین noun (interment)
  • كوممه noun (interment)

Persian

2 entries
  • تدفین noun (interment)
  • دفن noun (interment)

Polish

2 entries
  • pochówek noun (interment)
  • pogrzeb noun (interment)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • enterro noun (interment)
  • inumação noun (interment)
  • sepultamento noun (interment)
  • sepultura noun (interment)

Romanian

4 entries
  • îngropare noun (interment)
  • îngropăciune noun (interment)
  • înhumare noun (interment)
  • înmormântare noun (interment)

Russian

3 entries
  • захороне́ние noun (interment)
  • по́хороны noun (interment)
  • погребе́ние noun (interment)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • sàhrana noun (interment)
  • са̀храна noun (interment)

Slovak

4 entries
  • pochovanie noun (interment)
  • pochovávanie noun (interment)
  • pohreb noun (interment)
  • pohrebisko noun (interment)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pokop noun (interment)

Spanish

4 entries
  • enterramiento noun (interment)
  • entierro noun (interment)
  • inhumación noun (interment)
  • sepelio noun (interment)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • beri noun (interment)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mziko noun (interment)

Swedish

1 entries
  • begravning noun (interment)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • libing noun (interment)

Tajik

1 entries
  • дафн noun (interment)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அடக்கம் noun (interment)

Thai

1 entries
  • งานศพ noun (interment)

Turkish

1 entries
  • defin noun (interment)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • по́хорон noun (interment)
  • похова́ння noun (interment)

Urdu

2 entries
  • تدفین noun (interment)
  • دفن noun (interment)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • dafn noun (interment)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • mai táng noun (interment)

Volapük

1 entries
  • sepülam noun (interment)

Walloon

1 entries
  • etermint noun (interment)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Takamatsuzuka burial mound is located in Asukamura, Nara prefecture.

Source: tatoeba (327551)

Why do Muslims place such importance on burial?

Source: tatoeba (329109)

It is a two level style round burial mound, 23m diameter (lower level), 18m (higher).

Source: tatoeba (329405)

In a traditional Javanese burial, before the grave is filled in, someone close to the deceased will go down into it and shout into his ear the Muslim profession of faith. The message is "Don't forget. Especially not now."

Source: tatoeba (2079548)

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