tomb

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See also: Tomb and tömb

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Governor John R. Tanner's tomb

From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).

The verb is from Middle English tomben.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tuːm/　
  • (US) IPA(key): /tum/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːm

Noun[edit]

tomb (plural tombs)

  1. A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
  2. A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
  3. One who keeps secrets.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Irish: tuama
  • → Maori: toma

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

tomb (third-person singular simple present tombs, present participle tombing, simple past and past participle tombed)

  1. (transitive) To bury.

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From tombar.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tomb m (plural tombs)

  1. turn (change of direction)
  2. turn, twist (movement around an axis)
  3. turn (change of temperament or circumstance)
  4. walk, stroll

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Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

tomb (plural tombes)

  1. Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)
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