cimetière

French

Alternative forms

cœmetiere (obsolete)
cœmetière (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion) "sleeping chamber".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sim.tjɛʁ/
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Noun

cimetière m (plural cimetières)

cemetery, graveyard

Further reading

“cimetière” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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