headstone

English

Headstones

Etymology

head +‎ stone

Noun

headstone (plural headstones)

1. A gravestone, a grave marker: a monument traditionally made of stone placed at the head of a grave.

See also

• footstone
• menhir
• through-stone

Translations

grave marker

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墓石 (cmn) (mùshí)

• Danish: gravsten (da) c
• Finnish: hautakivi (fi)
• French: pierre tombale (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Grabstein (de) m
• Greek: ταφόπετρα (el) (tafópetra) f

• Hungarian: sírkő (hu)
• Japanese: 墓石 (ja) (ぼせき, boseki)
• Norwegian: gravstein (no) m
• Portuguese: lápide (pt) f
• Russian: надгробие (ru) (nadgróbije) n, могильный камень (ru) (mogílʹnyj kámenʹ) m, могильная плита (ru) (mogílʹnaja plitá) f
• Scottish Gaelic: leac (gd) f
• Spanish: lápida (es) f

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