The gravedigger was left by an avalanche.
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Gravedigger
//ˈɡɹeɪvˌdɪɡ.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "gravedigger" (2 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- νεκροθάπτης noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- ταφεύς noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Aromanian
1 entries- grupar noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Asturian
3 entries- enterrador noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- entierrador noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- sepoltureru noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Belarusian
3 entries- граба́р noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- далако́п noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- магі́льшчык noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Breton
1 entries- bezier noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бръмбар-гробар noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
- гроба́р noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Catalan
1 entries- enterramorts noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Czech
3 entries- hrobař noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- hrobařík noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
- hrobník noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Danish
1 entries- graver noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Dutch
3 entries- doodgraver noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- doodgraver noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
- grafdelver noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Esperanto
1 entries- tombisto noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Estonian
1 entries- hauakaevaja noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Finnish
1 entries- haudankaivaja noun (a person employed to dig graves)
French
2 entries- fossoyeur noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- nécrophore noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
Galician
2 entries- coveiro noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- enterramortos noun (a person employed to dig graves)
German
2 entries- Totengräber noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- Totengräber noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
Greek
1 entries- νεκροθάφτης noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Hungarian
3 entries- nicrophorus noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
- sírásó noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- temetőbogár noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
Irish
1 entries- reiligire noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Italian
1 entries- becchino noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Macedonian
1 entries- гро́бар noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Neapolitan
1 entries- schiattamuorto noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Norman
1 entries- fôssyi noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- graver noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gravar noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Old Polish
4 entries- grabarz noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- grobnik noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- kopacz noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- relikwiarz noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Polish
3 entries- grabarz noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- grobownik noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- kopidół noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Portuguese
1 entries- coveiro noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Romanian
4 entries- gropar noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- gropar noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
- necrofor noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
- săpător noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Russian
2 entries- гробокопа́тель noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- моги́льщик noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- adhlacair noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- cladhaire noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- maor noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gròbār noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- гро̀ба̄р noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Slovak
3 entries- hrobník noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- hrobár noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- hrobárka noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Slovene
1 entries- grobar noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Spanish
1 entries- sepulturero noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Swedish
2 entries- dödgrävare noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- dödgrävare noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
Tagalog
1 entries- sepulturero noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Turkish
1 entries- mezarcı noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Ukrainian
3 entries- гроба́р noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- моги́льник noun (a person employed to dig graves)
- моги́льник noun (A necrophore, or burying beetle)
Welsh
1 entries- torrwr beddau noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Yiddish
1 entries- באַגרעבער noun (a person employed to dig graves)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Should I call a gravedigger or an ambulance?
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Tom is a gravedigger.
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Tom was a gravedigger.
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