Here lies one who meant well, tried a little, failed much: — surely that may be his epitaph of which he need not be ashamed.
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Epitaph
//ˈɛp.ɪˌtæf//
Synonyms for "epitaph" (1 found)
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77 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- epitaaf noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Armenian
4 entries- գերեզմանագիր noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- դամբանագիր noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- շիրմագիր noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- տապանագիր noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- epitafiya noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Belarusian
4 entries- магільны надпіс noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- надмагільны надпіс noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- эпітафія noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- эпітафія noun (commemorative poem or other text)
Bulgarian
3 entries- епита́фия noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- епита́фия noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- надгро́бен на́дпис noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Catalan
1 entries- epitafi noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 墓誌銘 /墓志铭 noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- 碑文 noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Czech
2 entries- epitaf noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- náhrobní nápis noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Dutch
1 entries- grafschrift noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Esperanto
1 entries- tomboskribo noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Estonian
1 entries- hauakiri noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Finnish
4 entries- epitafi noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- epitafi noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- hautakirjoitus noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- muistokirjoitus noun (commemorative poem or other text)
French
1 entries- épitaphe noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Georgian
1 entries- ეპიტაფია noun (inscription on a gravestone)
German
4 entries- Elegie noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- Epitaph noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- Gedenkgedicht noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- Gedenkschrift noun (commemorative poem or other text)
Hungarian
1 entries- sírfelirat noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Icelandic
3 entries- (an obituary) minningargrein noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- eftirmæli noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- grafskrift noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Ido
1 entries- epitafo noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Indonesian
4 entries- epitaf noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- epitaf noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- puisi nisan noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- tulisan nisan noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Interlingua
1 entries- epitaphio noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Irish
2 entries- feartlaoi noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- feartlaoi noun (commemorative poem or other text)
Italian
3 entries- discorso funebre noun (commemorative poem or other text)
- epitaffio noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- epitaffio noun (commemorative poem or other text)
Japanese
2 entries- エピタフ noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- 墓碑銘 noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Kazakh
2 entries- эпитафия noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- құлпытастағы жазу noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Korean
3 entries- 묘비명 noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- 묘지명 noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- 에피타프 noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Latin
2 entries- epitaphium noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- titulus noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Malay
1 entries- epitaf noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Persian
2 entries- مزارنوشته noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- گورنوشته noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Polish
2 entries- epitafium noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- epitafium noun (commemorative poem or other text)
Portuguese
1 entries- epitáfio noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Russian
3 entries- надгро́бная на́дпись noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- эпита́фия noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- эпита́фия noun (commemorative poem or other text)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- leac-sgrìobhadh noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Spanish
1 entries- epitafio noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Swedish
2 entries- epitaf noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- epitafium noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Turkish
1 entries- sinyazıt noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Ukrainian
2 entries- епіта́фія noun (inscription on a gravestone)
- намоги́льний на́пис noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Uzbek
1 entries- epitafiya noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Vietnamese
1 entries- văn bia noun (inscription on a gravestone)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
An epitaph is an inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect.
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If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music.
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The epitaph engraved on the headstone was a meaningful, succinct poem.
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