cemetire

Old French

Noun

cemetire oblique singular, m (oblique plural cemetires, nominative singular cemetires, nominative plural cemetire)

1. cemetery (place where bodies are interred)
   • c. 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès:

     Mes clos estoit tot anviron
     li cemetires de haut mur

     But the cemetery was enclosed all around
     by high walls

Descendants

• English: cemetery
• French: cimetière