Necrology

Synonyms for "necrology" (101 found)

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Noun(1 words)
obituary

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Related words (50)

Noun(1 words)
obit

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Translations

29 translations across 16 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • nekrologie noun (listing of people who have died)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • некролог noun (notice of death)
  • скръбна вест noun (notice of death)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 死亡啟事 /死亡启事 noun (notice of death)
  • 死者名冊 /死者名册 noun (listing of people who have died)

Dutch

1 entries
  • necrologie noun (listing of people who have died)

Finnish

1 entries
  • nekrologi noun (listing of people who have died)

French

2 entries
  • nécrologe noun (listing of people who have died)
  • nécrologie noun (listing of people who have died)

Galician

3 entries
  • necroloxía noun (listing of people who have died)
  • necroloxía noun (notice of death)
  • obituario noun (notice of death)

German

1 entries
  • Nekrolog noun (listing of people who have died)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • gyászjelentés noun (notice of death)
  • nekrológ noun (listing of people who have died)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • dánarfregn noun (notice of death)
  • dánarskrá noun (listing of people who have died)
  • dánartilkynning noun (notice of death)

Italian

1 entries
  • necrologia noun (listing of people who have died)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 訃報 noun (notice of death)
  • 過去帳 noun (listing of people who have died)
  • 鬼籍 noun (listing of people who have died)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nekrologas noun (listing of people who have died)

Russian

2 entries
  • некроло́г noun (listing of people who have died)
  • некроло́г noun (notice of death)

Spanish

1 entries
  • necrología noun (listing of people who have died)

Swedish

3 entries
  • dödsannons noun (notice of death)
  • dödslista noun (listing of people who have died)
  • dödsruna noun (notice of death)

Sample sentences

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Voltaire and Rousseau died in 1778, d'Alembert in 1783, and Diderot in 1784, while leading salonnières Mesdames du Deffand and d'Épinay passed away in 1780 and 1783. Beneath this sombre necrology, important shifts were occurring in the workings of the public sphere and in the sites in which opinion was constructed.

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2006 Marc Fisher; We Loved That Airline To Death; Washington Post The fare structure is one reason Independence Air has joined a necrology of low-cost carriers that stretches over four decades.

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