"cimetière" meaning in All languages combined

See cimetière on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /sim.tjɛʁ/ Audio: Fr-cimetière.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-cimetière.wav [France] (note: Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost), LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-cimetière.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-cimetière.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-cimetière.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cimetière.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: cimetières [plural], cœmetiere [alternative, obsolete], cœmetière [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Old French cimitiere, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|cimitiere}} Old French cimitiere, {{der|fr|la-lat|coemētērium}} Late Latin coemētērium, {{der|fr|grc|κοιμητήριον||sleeping chamber}} Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} cimetière m (plural cimetières)
  1. cemetery, graveyard Tags: masculine Synonyms: cime, cimetoche Derived forms: cime, cimetoche
    Sense id: en-cimetière-fr-noun-tIEzml6F Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Burial

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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