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Pronunciation / Transliteration: mudeom
"왕의 무덤은 거대한 돌로 지어졌습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.
"The ancient kings were laid to rest within a magnificent marble sepulcher."
- 1
To place in or as if in a sepulcher; to bury or entomb.
"Generations of forgotten rulers are sepulchered beneath the cathedral floor."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'sepulcrum', meaning tomb or burial place, stemming from the verb 'sepelire', meaning to bury. It entered the English language during the Middle English period via Old French, retaining its solemn and architectural connotations related to death and memorialization.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sepulcher" is said worldwide
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sépulcre
Transliteration: say-pul-kr
"Le corps a été déposé dans le sépulcre familial."
Grab
Transliteration: grab
"Das Grabmal befindet sich in der Krypta der Kirche."
sepolcro
Transliteration: seh-POWL-kro
"Visitando la chiesa, abbiamo visto l'antico sepolcro."
sepulcro
Transliteration: seh-POWL-kro
"El rey fue enterrado en un sepulcro de mármol."
sepulcro
Transliteration: seh-POWL-kru
"O sepulcro estava vazio no terceiro dia."
समाधि
Transliteration: samadhi
"राजा का शव एक भव्य समाधि में रखा गया था।"
坟墓
Transliteration: fén mù
"这座古老的坟墓里埋葬着许多贵族。"
무덤
Transliteration: mudeom
"왕의 무덤은 거대한 돌로 지어졌습니다."
墓
Transliteration: haka
"古代の王がその荘厳な墓に眠っている。"
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