entomb

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French entomber (“deposit in a tomb”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːm

Verb

entomb (third-person singular simple present entombs, present participle entombing, simple past and past participle entombed)

1. (transitive) To deposit in a tomb.
2. (figurative, transitive) To confine in restrictive surroundings.

Translations

to deposit in a tomb

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埋葬 (zh) (máizàng), 入土 (zh) (rùtǔ)

• Esperanto: entombigi
• Finnish: haudata (fi)
• French: entomber (fr)
• Latin: tumulō
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: sepultar (pt)
• Russian: погреба́ть (ru) impf (pogrebátʹ), погрести́ (ru) pf (pogrestí); хорони́ть (ru) impf (xoronítʹ), похорони́ть (ru) pf (poxoronítʹ)
• Spanish: enterrar (es)
• Swedish: begrava (sv)