sepulture

See also: sépulture

English

Etymology

From Middle English sepulture, sepultur, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultura.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛpəɫtʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈsɛpəɫˌtʃʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

sepulture (countable and uncountable, plural sepultures)

  1. (uncountable) The act of sepulchring.
  2. (archaic) Alternative form of sepulchre.

Synonyms

Verb

sepulture (third-person singular simple present sepultures, present participle sepulturing, simple past and past participle sepultured)

  1. (transitive) To inter in a sepulture.

Latin

Participle

sepultūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sepultūrus
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