cemetery

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛm.əˌtɹi/
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• General-American: /ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.i/
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• General-American: /ˈsɛm.əˌtɛɹ.i/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈsem.ɘˌtʃɹi/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈsem.ɘˌtiəɹ.i/
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• [ˈsɪm.əˌtɛ.ɪ] African-American Vernacular
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• Scotland: [ˈsimətri]
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 M AH0 T EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: S EH1 M IH0 T EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).