That white building is a morgue.
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Morgue
//mɔːɡ//
Synonyms for "morgue" (7 found)
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1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
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1 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 75 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- dodehuis noun (place for dead people)
- lykhuis noun (place for dead people)
Albanian
1 entries- morg noun (place for dead people)
Arabic
1 entries- مَشْرَحَة noun (place for dead people)
Armenian
2 entries- դիահերձարան noun (place for dead people)
- դիարան noun (place for dead people)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- meyitxana noun (place for dead people)
- morq noun (place for dead people)
- ölüxana noun (place for dead people)
Belarusian
4 entries- морг noun (place for dead people)
- мярцве́цкая noun (place for dead people)
- пако́йніцкая noun (place for dead people)
- трупя́рня noun (place for dead people)
Bengali
1 entries- শবাগার noun (place for dead people)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мо́рга noun (place for dead people)
Burmese
2 entries- ရင်ခွဲရုံ noun (place for dead people)
- ရေခဲတိုက် noun (place for dead people)
Catalan
1 entries- dipòsit de cadàvers noun (place for dead people)
Chinese
1 entries- 死人厝 noun (place for dead people)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 停屍房 /停尸房 noun (place for dead people)
- 太平間 /太平间 noun (place for dead people)
- 殮房 /殓房 noun (place for dead people)
Czech
1 entries- márnice noun (place for dead people)
Danish
2 entries- lighus noun (place for dead people)
- ligkapel noun (place for dead people)
Dutch
2 entries- lijkenhuis noun (place for dead people)
- mortuarium noun (place for dead people)
Esperanto
1 entries- kadavrejo noun (place for dead people)
Estonian
3 entries- morg noun (place for dead people)
- surnukamber noun (place for dead people)
- surnukuur noun (place for dead people)
Faroese
1 entries- líkhús noun (place for dead people)
Finnish
1 entries- ruumishuone noun (place for dead people)
French
1 entries- morgue noun (place for dead people)
Galician
2 entries- depósito noun (place for dead people)
- depósito de cadáveres noun (place for dead people)
Georgian
1 entries- მორგი noun (place for dead people)
German
3 entries- Leichenhalle noun (place for dead people)
- Leichenhaus noun (place for dead people)
- Leichenschauhaus noun (place for dead people)
Greek
3 entries- νεκροθάλαμος noun (place for dead people)
- νεκροτομείο noun (place for dead people)
- νεκροφυλακείο noun (place for dead people)
Gujarati
1 entries- મોર્ગ noun (place for dead people)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- mòg noun (place for dead people)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֲדַר מֵתִים noun (place for dead people)
Hindi
2 entries- मुर्दाघर noun (place for dead people)
- शवगृह noun (place for dead people)
Hungarian
2 entries- halottasház noun (place for dead people)
- hullaház noun (place for dead people)
Icelandic
1 entries- líkhús noun (place for dead people)
Indonesian
2 entries- kamar mayat noun (place for dead people)
- rumah mayat noun (place for dead people)
Irish
1 entries- marbhlann noun (place for dead people)
Italian
2 entries- camera mortuaria noun (place for dead people)
- obitorio noun (place for dead people)
Japanese
4 entries- モルグ noun (place for dead people)
- 死体安置所 noun (place for dead people)
- 死体置き場 noun (place for dead people)
- 遺体安置所 noun (place for dead people)
Kazakh
3 entries- мүрдехана noun (place for dead people)
- мәйітхана noun (place for dead people)
- өлікхана noun (place for dead people)
Khmer
3 entries- ឆវគ្រឹះ noun (place for dead people)
- ផ្ទះសព noun (place for dead people)
- សវមន្ទីរ noun (place for dead people)
Korean
2 entries- 시체공시소 noun (place for dead people)
- 영안실 noun (place for dead people)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- морг noun (place for dead people)
- табыткана noun (place for dead people)
- өлүкжай noun (place for dead people)
- өлүккана noun (place for dead people)
Lao
3 entries- ຫ້ອງເຢັນ noun (place for dead people)
- ເຮືອນເຢັນ noun (place for dead people)
- ໂຮງເຢັນ noun (place for dead people)
Latin
1 entries- mortuārium noun (place for dead people)
Latvian
1 entries- morgs noun (place for dead people)
Lithuanian
2 entries- lavoninė noun (place for dead people)
- morgas noun (place for dead people)
Luhya
1 entries- emochari noun (place for dead people)
Macedonian
1 entries- мртовечница noun (place for dead people)
Malay
1 entries- rumah mayat noun (place for dead people)
Mongolian
3 entries- гашуудлын noun (place for dead people)
- оршуулгын noun (place for dead people)
- хүүрийн байшин noun (place for dead people)
Māori
1 entries- whare tūpāpaku noun (place for dead people)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- morg noun (place for dead people)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- likhus noun (place for dead people)
Occitan
1 entries- mòrga noun (place for dead people)
Pashto
1 entries- مړيځی noun (place for dead people)
Persian
3 entries- سَردخانِه noun (place for dead people)
- مُردِهخانِه noun (place for dead people)
- مُردِهشویخانِه noun (place for dead people)
Polish
1 entries- kostnica noun (place for dead people)
Portuguese
2 entries- morgue noun (place for dead people)
- necrotério noun (place for dead people)
Romanian
2 entries- cameră mortuară noun (place for dead people)
- morgă noun (place for dead people)
Russian
3 entries- мертве́цкая noun (place for dead people)
- морг noun (place for dead people)
- поко́йницкая noun (place for dead people)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mr̀tvāčnica noun (place for dead people)
- мр̀тва̄чница noun (place for dead people)
Slovak
1 entries- márnica noun (place for dead people)
Slovene
1 entries- mrtvašnica noun (place for dead people)
Spanish
2 entries- depósito de cadáveres noun (place for dead people)
- morgue noun (place for dead people)
Swahili
2 entries- chumba cha maiti noun (place for dead people)
- mochari noun (place for dead people)
Swedish
1 entries- bårhus noun (place for dead people)
Tagalog
1 entries- morge noun (place for dead people)
Tajik
2 entries- морг noun (place for dead people)
- мурдахона noun (place for dead people)
Thai
2 entries- ห้องดับจิต noun (place for dead people)
- โรงเก็บศพ noun (place for dead people)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- mog noun (place for dead people)
Turkish
2 entries- morg noun (place for dead people)
- ölühane noun (place for dead people)
Turkmen
2 entries- jynaza degişli noun (place for dead people)
- morg noun (place for dead people)
Ukrainian
4 entries- мертве́цька noun (place for dead people)
- морг noun (place for dead people)
- покі́йницька noun (place for dead people)
- трупа́рня noun (place for dead people)
Urdu
1 entries- مُردَہ خانَہ noun (place for dead people)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئۆلۈكخانا noun (place for dead people)
- جەسەتخانا noun (place for dead people)
Uzbek
3 entries- morg noun (place for dead people)
- murdaxona noun (place for dead people)
- oʻlikxona noun (place for dead people)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhà xác noun (place for dead people)
Welsh
2 entries- madrodd noun (place for dead people)
- marwdy noun (place for dead people)
Yiddish
1 entries- מאָרג noun (place for dead people)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The doctor sent the live patient to the morgue.
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It must be really creepy to work in a morgue.
Source: tatoeba (1203267)
Tom is in the morgue.
Source: tatoeba (3723534)
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