cemetery

== English == === Alternative forms === (archaic) cœmeterium, cœmetery (misspelling) cemetary (non-native speakers' English) cementery === Etymology === From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/, /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈsem.ɘˌtʃɹi/, /ˈsem.ɘˌtiəɹ.i/ (African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): [ˈsɪm.əˌtɛ.ɪ] (Scotland) IPA(key): [ˈsimətri] === Noun === cemetery (plural cemeteries) A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:cemetery ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Jamaican Creole: simitri ==== Translations ==== === See also ===