sepulchral

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sepulcralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈpʌlkɹəl/, /səˈpʊlkɹəl/

Adjective

sepulchral (comparative more sepulchral, superlative most sepulchral)

1. Relating to a grave or to death; funereal.
2. Suggestive of a grave or of death; having a hollow and deep sound.
   • 1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 367:

     'The Master of Krikkit,' said Slartibartfast again, and if his breathing had been sepulchral before, this time he sounded like someone in Hades with bronchitis.

Related terms

• sepulchre

Translations

suggestive of grave

• Catalan: sepulcral (ca)
• Finnish: hautamainen
• French: sépulcral (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: grobowy (pl)
• Spanish: sepulcral
• Swedish: gravlik

hollow and deep

• German: düster (de)
• Polish: grobowy (pl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: sepulcral

See also

• Heroon