tomb

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See also: tömb

English

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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.
    • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
  3. One who keeps secrets.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Irish: tuama
  • → Maori: toma

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To bury.

Catalan

Etymology

From tombar.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

tomb (plural tombes)

  1. Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)
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