cimetière

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French

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Etymology

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From Old French cimitiere, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, sleeping chamber).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sim.tjɛʁ/
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Noun

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cimetière m (plural cimetières)

  1. cemetery, graveyard
    Synonyms: cime, cimetoche
    • 1874, Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, sourced from [1]:
      Et il repose maintenant près de ses compagnons, dans ce cimetière de corail?
      And now he rests beside his companions in that coral cemetery?

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