catafalque

→ English: catafalque (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Katafalk

Borrowed from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), which is from Etruscan. Doublet of échafaud.

der

J’avais vu la Place Rouge, quelques jours auparavant, lors des funérailles de Gorki. J’avais vu ce même peuple [...] défiler longuement, interminablement, dans la grande Salle des Colonnes, devant le catafalque.

1936, André Gide, Retour de l'U.R.S.S., Gallimard, →ISBN:

I had seen Red Square, several days before, during Gorky's funeral. I had seen this same people […] file for a long time, interminably, past the catafalque in the great Hall of Columns.

À l’église, Octave s’absorbe dans la contemplation du haut catafalque sur lequel reposent, comme la dépouille mince et dorée d’un grand insecte, l’uniforme et les ordres du défunt.

1974, Marguerite Yourcenar, Souvenirs pieux, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 207:


cercueil

Haitian Creole: sèkey

Esperanto: ĉerko

Alteration of Old French sarqueu, sarcou, from Latin sarcophagus. Doublet of sarcophage.

Dans son testament, il a demandé que son cercueil reste fermé pendant son enterrement.

In his will, he asked that his casket stay closed during his funeral.


exhumer

exhumer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
exhumant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
exhumé (participle past)
exhume (first-person indicative present singular)
exhumes (indicative present second-person singular)
exhume (indicative present singular third-person)
exhumons (first-person indicative plural present)
exhumez (indicative plural present second-person)
exhument (indicative plural present third-person)
exhumais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
exhumais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
exhumait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
exhumions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
exhumiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
exhumaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
exhumai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
exhumas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
exhuma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
exhumâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
exhumâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
exhumèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
exhumerai (first-person future indicative singular)
exhumeras (future indicative second-person singular)
exhumera (future indicative singular third-person)
exhumerons (first-person future indicative plural)
exhumerez (future indicative plural second-person)
exhumeront (future indicative plural third-person)
exhumerais (conditional first-person singular)
exhumerais (conditional second-person singular)
exhumerait (conditional singular third-person)
exhumerions (conditional first-person plural)
exhumeriez (conditional plural second-person)
exhumeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
exhume (first-person present singular subjunctive)
exhumes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
exhume (present singular subjunctive third-person)
exhumions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
exhumiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
exhument (plural present subjunctive third-person)
exhumasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
exhumasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
exhumât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
exhumassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
exhumassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
exhumassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
exhume (imperative second-person singular)
exhumons (first-person imperative plural)
exhumez (imperative plural second-person)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin exhumāre, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

lbor

Coordinate term: inhumer


sarcophage

Borrowed from Latin sarcophagus. Doublet of cercueil.


charnier

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin carnārium.


cimetière

From Old French cimitiere, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”).

der

Et il repose maintenant près de ses compagnons, dans ce cimetière de corail?

1874, Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, sourced from http://bilinguis.com/book/verne20k/fr/en/p1c24/:

And now he rests beside his companions in that coral cemetery?


ossuaire

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ossuārium (“charnel house”), from ossuārius (“of or for bones”), from Latin os (“bone”).


pierre tombale

fr-noun

pierre tombale f (plural pierres tombales)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-pierre tombale.wav


ci-gît

From Old French ci gist, calque of Latin hīc jacet (“here is lying …”).

here lies (a phrase written on gravestones followed by the buried person's name)


châsse

→ English: chase

Inherited from Old French chasse, from Late Latin capsa, from Classical Latin capsus, whence also the doublets casse and caisse.


enterrement

/ɑ̃.tɛʁ.mɑ̃/


mausolée

→ Turkish: mozole


nécropole

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead”). By surface analysis, nécro- + -pole.

lbor

Ah! cette ville imbécile et mortelle […] Elle prend des aspects de nécropole où les macchabées folâtres auraient licence de grimacer et de gesticuler sous un ciel putride, gonflé comme un égout.

1930, Victor Méric, Les Compagnons de l’Escopette, Paris: Éditions de l’Épi:


tombal

fr-adj

tombal (feminine tombale, masculine plural tombals or tombaux, feminine plural tombales)

tombale (feminine)
tombals (masculine plural)
tombaux (masculine plural)
tombales (feminine plural)


embaumer

embaumer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
embaumant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
embaumé (participle past)
embaume (first-person indicative present singular)
embaumes (indicative present second-person singular)
embaume (indicative present singular third-person)
embaumons (first-person indicative plural present)
embaumez (indicative plural present second-person)
embaument (indicative plural present third-person)
embaumais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
embaumais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
embaumait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
embaumions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
embaumiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
embaumaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
embaumai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
embaumas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
embauma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
embaumâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
embaumâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
embaumèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
embaumerai (first-person future indicative singular)
embaumeras (future indicative second-person singular)
embaumera (future indicative singular third-person)
embaumerons (first-person future indicative plural)
embaumerez (future indicative plural second-person)
embaumeront (future indicative plural third-person)
embaumerais (conditional first-person singular)
embaumerais (conditional second-person singular)
embaumerait (conditional singular third-person)
embaumerions (conditional first-person plural)
embaumeriez (conditional plural second-person)
embaumeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
embaume (first-person present singular subjunctive)
embaumes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
embaume (present singular subjunctive third-person)
embaumions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
embaumiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
embaument (plural present subjunctive third-person)
embaumasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
embaumasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
embaumât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
embaumassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
embaumassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
embaumassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
embaume (imperative second-person singular)
embaumons (first-person imperative plural)
embaumez (imperative plural second-person)


ensevelissement

fr-noun

ensevelissement m (plural ensevelissements)

From ensevelir (“to bury; to entomb”) + -ment.


fossoyeur

fr-noun

fossoyeur m (plural fossoyeurs, feminine fossoyeuse)

fossoyeurs (plural)
fossoyeuse (feminine)

From fossoyer + -eur. For the figurative sense, compare Russian моги́льщик (mogílʹščik).


dernière demeure

dernière demeure f (plural dernières demeures)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-dernière demeure.wav


hanout

Borrowed from Arabic حَانُوت (ḥānūt) and its plural حَوَانِيت (ḥawānīt). From Maghrebi Arabic in its “shop” slang sense, itself from Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ) and Aramaic חָנוּתָא/ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).

cog

Hebrew חָנוּת (ḥānūṯ)

der

Aramaic חָנוּתָא

(archaeology) sepulchral chamber in a rock mass, hypogeum


fosse commune

fr-noun

fosse commune f (plural fosses communes)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-fosse commune.wav

Compare Italian fossa comune, Spanish fosa común.