cemitério

See also: cemiterio

Portuguese

cemitério

Alternative forms

• cemiterio (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “to put to sleep”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [si.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /si.miˈtɛ.ɾju/, /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [se.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /se.miˈtɛ.ɾju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [si.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /si.miˈtɛ.ɾju/, /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [se.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /se.miˈtɛ.ɾju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.o/ [se.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /se.miˈtɛ.ɾjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.miˈtɛ.ɾju/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: ce‧mi‧té‧ri‧o

Noun

cemitério m (plural cemitérios)

1. cemetery; graveyard (place where bodies are buried)
2. (figurative) a place without people

   O parque está um cemitério. ― The park is completely empty.

Derived terms

• cemiterial

Descendants

• → Konkani: सिमितेर (simiter), सिमतेर (simter), शिमतेर (śimter)
• → Malayalam: സെമിത്തേരി (semittēri)

See also

• almocávar
• catacumba
• columbário
• mausoléu
• necrotério
• tumba

Further reading

• “cemitério”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cemitério”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cemitério”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026