crematorium

See also: crématorium

English

An old photograph of a crematorium in Oslo, Norway

Etymology

From New Latin crematorium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/
• IPA^(key): /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/, /kɹiːməˈtɔːɹi.əm/

Noun

crematorium (plural crematoriums or crematoria)

1. A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated

Related terms

• cremate
• cremation
• crematory

 

Translations

place where dead bodies are cremated

• Arabic: مَحْرَقَة f (maḥraqa)
• Armenian: դիակիզարան (hy) (diakizaran)
• Azerbaijani: krematori
• Belarusian: крэмато́рый m (krematóryj)
• Bulgarian: кремато́риум m (krematórium)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火葬場／火葬场 (zh) (huǒzàngchǎng), 火葬场 (zh) (huǒzàngchǎng)

• Czech: krematorium (cs) n
• Danish: krematorium (da) n, krematorie (da) n
• Dutch: crematorium (nl) n
• Esperanto: kremaciejo
• Estonian: krematoorium
• Finnish: krematorio (fi)
• French: crématorium (fr) m
• Georgian: კრემატორიუმი (ḳremaṭoriumi)
• German: Krematorium (de) n
• Greek: κρεματόριο (el) (krematório)

  Ancient: καῦστρα f (kaûstra)

• Hebrew: משרפה (he) f (misrafa)
• Hungarian: krematórium
• Ido: kremaceyo
• Italian: crematorio (it) m
• Japanese: 火葬場 (ja) (かそうば, kasōba)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 화장장 (hwajangjang) (火葬場 (ko))
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
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• Latvian: krematorija f
• Lithuanian: krematoriumas m
• Macedonian: крематориум m (krematorium)
• Maori: whare whakapungarehu, whare tahu tūpāpaku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: krematorium n

  Nynorsk: krematorium n

• Persian: مرده‌سوزخانه
• Polish: krematorium (pl) n
• Portuguese: crematório m
• Romanian: crematoriu (ro)
• Russian: кремато́рий (ru) m (krematórij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: крематоријум m, крема̀то̄рӣј m

  Roman: krematorijum m, kremàtōrīj (sh) m

• Slovak: krematórium n
• Slovene: krematorij m
• Spanish: crematorio m
• Swedish: krematorium (sv) n
• Thai: ที่เผาศพ (têe păo sòp), ฌาปนสถาน (th) (chaa-bpà-ná-sà-tǎan), สุสาน (sù-sǎan)
• Tibetan: པུར་ཁང (pur khang)
• Turkish: yakmalık (tr), krematoryum (tr)
• Ukrainian: кремато́рій (uk) m (krematórij)
• Vietnamese: lò thiêu, lò thiêu xác, nơi hoả táng
• Volapük: filasepülöp

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Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkreː.maːˈtoː.ri.ʏm/
• Hyphenation: cre‧ma‧to‧ri‧um
• Rhymes: -oːriʏm

Noun

crematorium n (plural crematoria or crematoriums, diminutive crematoriumpje n)

1. A crematorium, a crematory.
   • 1876 November 23, "Crematie", Java-bode, Vol. 25, No. 277, page 3.

     De afgevaardigden naar Dresden, dr. Egeling en dr. Hoogewerff, brachten verslag uit van het aldaar gehouden kongres; daarbij werden overgelegd eenige exemplaren van de stenographische verhandelingen van het 'kongres, photographieën van teekeningen en plannen voor een groot crematorium van de ingenieur Pieper en den architekt Lilienthal, en van den Siemenschen oven, en Beilagen v. d. Augsburgschen Allgem. Zeitung waarin de redevoeringen van prof. Kinkel is^[sic] opgenomen.

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