cimetière

French

Alternative forms

• cœmetiere (obsolete)
• cœmetière (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin coemētērium, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion) "sleeping chamber".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim.tjɛʁ/

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Noun

cimetière m (plural cimetières)

1. cemetery, graveyard

Further reading

• “cimetière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.