ossuarium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ossuarium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɒs.juˈɛəɹ.i.əm/ === Noun === ossuarium (plural ossuariums or ossuaria) A charnel house; an ossuary. === References === “ossuarium”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Alternative forms === ossārium === Etymology === From ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from ossua (“bones”) + -ārius, alternative form of os (“bone”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔs.suˈaː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [os.suˈaː.ri.um] === Noun === ossuārium n (genitive ossuāriī or ossuārī); second declension A receptacle for the bones of the dead, charnel house, ossuary ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: ossuary French: ossuaire Portuguese: ossuário Romanian: osuar === References === “ossuarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "ossuarium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “ossuarium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ossuārium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔs.suˈa.rjum/ Rhymes: -arjum Syllabification: os‧su‧a‧rium === Noun === ossuarium n ossuary (container, receptacle, or building, such as an urn or vault, for holding the bones of the dead) Synonyms: kostnica, ossarium ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === ossuarium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ossuarium in Polish dictionaries at PWN