Shroud

//ʃraʊd//

Synonyms for "shroud" (208 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Strong matches (62)

Related words (104)

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Translations

104 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • σάβανον noun (dress for the dead)
  • σπεῖρον noun (dress for the dead)

Arabic

1 entries
  • كفن noun (dress for the dead)

Armenian

2 entries
  • պատան noun (dress for the dead)
  • սավան noun (dress for the dead)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kəfən noun (dress for the dead)

Basque

1 entries
  • hiljantzi noun (dress for the dead)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ванта noun (mast support)
  • кожух noun (a streamlined protective covering)
  • покров noun (dress for the dead)
  • саван noun (dress for the dead)

Catalan

1 entries
  • obenc noun (mast support)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 壽衣 /寿衣 noun (dress for the dead)

Czech

2 entries
  • (aerodynamický) kryt noun (a streamlined protective covering)
  • rubáš noun (dress for the dead)

Danish

2 entries
  • ligklæde noun (dress for the dead)
  • vant noun (mast support)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doodskleed noun (dress for the dead)
  • lijkdoek noun (dress for the dead)
  • lijkgewaad noun (dress for the dead)
  • lijkwade noun (dress for the dead)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • stajo noun (mast support)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kuolinvaate noun (dress for the dead)
  • käärinliina noun (dress for the dead)
  • vaate noun (a garment)
  • vaippa noun (a streamlined protective covering)

French

4 entries
  • coiffe noun (a streamlined protective covering)
  • hauban noun (mast support)
  • linceul noun (dress for the dead)
  • suaire noun (dress for the dead)

German

3 entries
  • Grabtuch noun (dress for the dead)
  • Leichentuch noun (dress for the dead)
  • Want noun (mast support)

Greek

1 entries
  • σάβανο noun (dress for the dead)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • וַנְטָה noun (mast support)
  • יֶתֶר צַד noun (mast support)
  • רִכְסָה noun (mast support)
  • תַּכְרִיךְ noun (dress for the dead)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • halotti lepel noun (dress for the dead)
  • vantni noun (mast support)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • talakbong noun (dress for the dead)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kafan noun (dress for the dead)

Irish

3 entries
  • scriúta noun (mast support)
  • taisléine noun (dress for the dead)
  • taiséadach noun (dress for the dead)

Italian

4 entries
  • sartia noun (mast support)
  • sindone noun (dress for the dead)
  • sudario noun (dress for the dead)
  • celare verb (to veil or conceal)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • гебин noun (dress for the dead)

Ladino

1 entries
  • mortaja noun (dress for the dead)

Latin

2 entries
  • brandeum noun (dress for the dead)
  • vitalia noun (dress for the dead)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • по́кров noun (dress for the dead)
  • пре́вез noun (a garment)
  • са́ван noun (dress for the dead)

Malay

1 entries
  • kafan noun (dress for the dead)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kefen noun (dress for the dead)

Manx

1 entries
  • aarey noun (mast support)

Middle English

1 entries
  • shroud noun (dress for the dead)

Māori

3 entries
  • puraku noun (dress for the dead)
  • purutapu noun (dress for the dead)
  • waewae noun (mast support)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kefen noun (dress for the dead)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • likskjorte noun (dress for the dead)
  • liksvøp noun (dress for the dead)
  • svøp noun (dress for the dead)
  • vant noun (mast support)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • vant noun (mast support)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • كفن noun (dress for the dead)
  • اورتمك verb (to veil or conceal)

Persian

1 entries
  • کفن noun (dress for the dead)

Polish

2 entries
  • całun noun (dress for the dead)
  • wanta noun (mast support)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • mortalha noun (dress for the dead)
  • ovém noun (mast support)
  • sudário noun (dress for the dead)

Russian

4 entries
  • ва́нты noun (mast support)
  • пелена́ noun (dress for the dead)
  • покро́в noun (dress for the dead)
  • са́ван noun (dress for the dead)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • anart-bàis noun (dress for the dead)
  • fàradh noun (mast support)

Somali

1 entries
  • kafan noun (dress for the dead)

Spanish

4 entries
  • brandal noun (mast support)
  • mortaja noun (dress for the dead)
  • obenque noun (mast support)
  • obenquillo noun (mast support)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kafini verb (to cover with a shroud)

Swedish

2 entries
  • svepning noun (dress for the dead)
  • vant noun (mast support)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lalab noun (dress for the dead)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kefen noun (dress for the dead)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • vải liệm noun (dress for the dead)
  • liệm verb (to cover with a shroud)

Sample sentences

30 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Some say the Shroud of Turin is a photo made by Leonardo da Vinci using a camera obscura.

Source: tatoeba (4409611)

He is surrounded by a shroud of mourning.

Source: tatoeba (4800330)

She bought a shroud for herself long before she died.

Source: tatoeba (5359644)

"Look now, for I will clear the mists that shroud / thy mortal gaze, and from the visual ray / purge the gross covering of this circling cloud. / Thou heed, and fear not, whatsoe'er I say, / nor scorn thy mother's counsels to obey."

Source: tatoeba (6856103)

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