catacomb

English

The catacombs of Paris.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin catacumbas, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, dissimilation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cata- (“among”) (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “under”)) + tumbas (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “swell”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatəˌkəʊm/ IPA^(key): /ˈkatəkuːm/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkætakoʊm/, /ˈkætəkuːm/

Noun

catacomb (plural catacombs)

1. (often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.

Translations

underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves

• Basque: katakonba
• Catalan: catacumba (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地下墓穴 (dìxià mùxué)

• Czech: katakomby f pl
• Danish: katakombe (da) c
• Dutch: catacombe (nl)
• Esperanto: katakombo
• Estonian: katakomb
• Finnish: katakombi (fi)
• French: catacombe (fr) f
• Galician: catacumba (gl) f
• German: Katakombe (de) f
• Greek: κατακόμβη (el) f (katakómvi)
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• Hungarian: katakomba (hu)
• Italian: catacomba (it) f
• Japanese: カタコンベ (katakonbe)
• Norwegian: katakombe
• Polish: katakumba f
• Portuguese: catacumba (pt) f
• Romanian: catacombă (ro) f
• Russian: катако́мба (ru) f (katakómba) (usually plural)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: katakombe (sh)

• Spanish: catacumba
• Swedish: katakomb (sv)
• Tagalog: katakumbas