cremate

English

Etymology

Latin cremō (“I burn (something) to ashes; I cremate (something)”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹimeɪt/

Verb

cremate (third-person singular simple present cremates, present participle cremating, simple past and past participle cremated)

1. (transitive) To burn something to ashes.
2. (transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

Translations

burn to ashes

• Bulgarian: изпепелявам (bg) (izpepeljavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焚毀 (zh) (fénhuǐ)

• Danish: brænde (da)
• Finnish: polttaa tuhkaksi
• French: crémer (fr)
• German: einäschern (de)
• Hungarian: hamvaszt (hu), elhamvaszt (hu)

• Ido: kremacar (io)
• Latin: cremō
• Maori: whakapungarehu
• Portuguese: cremar (pt)
• Romanian: incinera (ro)
• Russian: сжига́ть (ru) impf (sžigátʹ), сжечь (ru) pf (sžečʹ), испепеля́ть (ru) impf (ispepeljátʹ), испепели́ть (ru) pf (ispepelítʹ)
• Swedish: bränna (sv)

incinerate a body

• Bulgarian: изгарям (bg) (izgarjam), кремирам (kremiram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焚化 (zh) (fénhuà)

• Danish: kremere (da)
• Esperanto: kremacii
• Finnish: krematoida (fi), polttohaudata
• French: crémer (fr), crématiser (fr)
• German: kremieren (de)
• Hungarian: elhamvaszt (hu)
• Ido: kremacar (io)

• Italian: cremare (it)
• Japanese: 火葬する (ja) (かそうする, kasō-suru)
• Maori: tahu tūpāpaku, whakapungarehu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kremere (no)

  Nynorsk: kremere (no), kremera

• Portuguese: cremar (pt)
• Romanian: incinera (ro)
• Russian: креми́ровать (ru) impf, pf (kremírovatʹ)
• Swedish: kremera (sv)

Related terms

• cremation
• crematorium

Anagrams

• ceramet, meercat

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Italian

Verb

cremate

1. second-person plural present of cremare
2. second-person plural imperative of cremare

Anagrams

• certame

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Latin

Verb

cremāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of cremō