cenotaph

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• UK: /ˈsɛn.əˌtɑːf/
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• UK: /ˈsɛn.əˌtæf/
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From French cénotaphe, from Ancient Greek κενός (kenós, “empty”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis ceno- + -taph.

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: الْقُبْر الْأُجُوف (al-qubr al-ʔujūf) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Azerbaijani: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Basque: zenotafio — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Belarusian: кенатаф (kjenataf) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Bulgarian: кенота́ф (kenotáf) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Catalan: cenotafi — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 衣冠墓 (yīguānmù) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Chinese Mandarin: 衣冠冢 (yīguānzhǒng) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Czech: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Danish: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Dutch: cenotaaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Esperanto: cenotafo — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Estonian: mälestusmonument — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Estonian: kenotaaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Finnish: muistohauta — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Finnish: kenotafi — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• French: cénotaphe — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• West-Frisian: senotaaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Georgian: კენოტაფი (ḳenoṭapi) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• German: Ehrenmal — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• German: Kenotaph — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• German: Scheingrab — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Greek: κενοτάφιο (kenotáfio) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Ancient Greek: κενοτάφιον (kenotáphion) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Hebrew: אנדרטה (andárta) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Hungarian: kenotáfium — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Icelandic: minningargröf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Icelandic: minnisvarði — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Ido: cenotafio — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Italian: cenotafio — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Japanese: 慰霊碑 (ireihi) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Korean: 위령비 (wiryeongbi) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Kyrgyz: кенотаф (kenotaf) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Latgalian: kenotafs — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Latin: cenotaphium — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Latvian: kenotāfs — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Latvian: piemeniklis — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Lithuanian: kenotafas — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Luxembourgish: Kenotaph — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Norwegian Bokmål: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Polish: cenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Portuguese: cenotáfio — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Romanian: cenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Russian: кенота́ф (kenotáf) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Serbo-Croatian: ке̏нота̄ф — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Serbo-Croatian: kȅnotāf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Slovak: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Slovene: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Spanish: cenotafio — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Swedish: kenotaf — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Swedish: skengrav — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Tamil: வெறுங்கல்லறை (veṟuṅkallaṟai) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Ukrainian: кенота́ф (kenotáf) — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere
• Vietnamese: mộ gió — monument to honor the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere