gravestone

English

Etymology

From Middle English gravestone, graveston, gravestan, equivalent to grave +‎ stone.

Noun

A gravestone

gravestone (plural gravestones)

A stone slab set at the head of a grave.

Synonyms

headstone; tombstone

Translations

stone slab set at the head of a grave

Catalan: làpida f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 墓碑 (zh) (mùbēi), 墓石 (zh) (mùshí)
Classical Nahuatl: miccātetl
Czech: náhrobek m, náhrobní kámen m
Danish: gravsten (da) c
Dutch: grafsteen (nl) m, gedenkteken (nl) n
Finnish: hautakivi (fi)
French: pierre tombale (fr) f
German: Grabstein (de) m, Grabmal (de) n
Greek: ταφόπλακα (el) f (tafóplaka)
Hungarian: sírkő (hu)
Italian: lapide (it) f
Japanese: 墓碑 (ja) (ぼひ, bohi), 墓石 (ja) (ぼせき, boseki)

Norman: tombé m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: gravstein m

Nynorsk: gravstein m
Polish: nagrobek (pl) m
Portuguese: lápide (pt) f
Russian: моги́льная плита́ f (mogílʹnaja plitá), надгро́бный ка́мень m (nadgróbnyj kámenʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: leac f
Spanish: lápida (es) f
Swedish: gravsten (sv) c
Tagalog: lapida
Vietnamese: bia mộ
Welsh: carreg fedd f

See also

through-stone

Anagrams

governates

Middle English

Alternative forms

grave stone, graveston, gravestan, grave stane

Etymology

From grave +‎ stone.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡraːvˌstɔːn/

Noun

gravestone (plural gravestones)

Descendants

English: gravestone

References

“grāve-stōn (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-09.

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