"tombe" meaning in Middle English

See tombe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective|altform=1}} tombe
  1. alternative form of tome (“empty”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tome (extra: empty)
    Sense id: en-tombe-enm-adj--W4O~hSH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3 Categories (other): Burial Disambiguation of Burial: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈtoːmb(ə)/, /ˈtuːmb(ə)/
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman tumbe, toumbe, Old French tombe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “funeral mound”). Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|xno|tumbe}} Anglo-Norman tumbe, {{bor|enm|fro|tombe}} Old French tombe, {{der|enm|LL.|tumba}} Late Latin tumba, {{der|enm|grc|τύμβος||funeral mound}} Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “funeral mound”) Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} tombe, {{enm-noun|pl=tombes}} tombe (plural tombes) Forms: tombes [plural], tomb [alternative], toumb [alternative], toumbe [alternative], towmbe [alternative], toume [alternative], towme [alternative], tumb [alternative], tumbe [alternative], tumba [alternative], thombe [alternative], thoumbe [alternative]
  1. sepulchre
    Sense id: en-tombe-enm-noun-wifhX2mM Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 11 9 31 36 6
  2. barrow (hillock with a grave underneath)
    Sense id: en-tombe-enm-noun-OXxkuHXk
  3. casket
    Sense id: en-tombe-enm-noun-xI3zrmfY Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Containers Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 11 9 31 36 6 Disambiguation of Containers: 14 14 15 25 18 14
  4. (rare) tombstone Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-tombe-enm-noun-m-TYIKyp Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 11 9 31 36 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tomben
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Burial Disambiguation of Burial: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|altform=1}} tombe
  1. alternative form of thombe (“thumb”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: thombe (extra: thumb)
    Sense id: en-tombe-enm-noun-piXLKOOy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Burial Disambiguation of Burial: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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