sepulchre

English

Alternative forms

• sepulcher (chiefly US)

Etymology

• From Middle English sepulcre and Old French sepulcre, from Latin sepulcrum (“grave, burial place”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsɛpəɫkə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"sEp@5k@(r\)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈsɛpəɫkɚ/, X-SAMPA: "sEp@5k@`/

Noun

sepulchre (plural sepulchres)

1. A burial chamber.

Synonyms

• tomb

Related terms

• right of sepulchre
• sepulchral
• sepulture

Translations

burial chamber

• Egyptian: ḳrs

• Finnish: hautakammio (fi)
• French: sépulcre (fr) m
• Greek: τάφος (el) (táfos) m, μνήμα (el) (mníma) n

• Romanian: sepulcru (ro) n, mormânt (ro) n
• Russian: склеп (ru) (sklep) m, гробница (ru) (grobníca) f
• Serbo-Croatian: grobnica (sh) f, kripta (sh) f, mauzolej (sh) m
• Spanish: sepulcro (es) m
• Swedish: grift (sv) c

Verb

sepulchre (third-person singular simple present sepulchres, present participle sepulchring, simple past and past participle sepulchred)

1. (transitive) To place in a sepulchre.
   • Milton

     And so sepulchred in such pomp dost lie / That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.

Anagrams

• sepulcher