coffin

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒfɪn/
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• US: /ˈkɔfɪn/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈkɑfɪn/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɒfɪn
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• rhymes with -ɒfən
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• homophone: coughing (with g-dropping)
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• CMU ARPABET: K AO1 F IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English coffyn, from Old Northern French cofin (“sarcophagus", earlier "basket, coffer”), from Latin cophinus (“basket”), a loanword from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “a basket”). Doublet of coffer. Displaced native Old English þrūh.

Borrowed from Cornish koghyn (“exploratory trench”), with spelling likely influenced by etymology 1.

227 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: акәы́ба (akwʼə́ba) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Afrikaans: doodskis — box in which a dead person is buried
• Afrikaans: kis — box in which a dead person is buried
• Albanian: qivur — box in which a dead person is buried
• Albanian: arkivol — box in which a dead person is buried
• Amharic: የሬሳ ሣጥን (yäresa śaṭn) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Antillean Creole: sèkèy — box in which a dead person is buried
• Antillean Creole: simòsoplanch — box in which a dead person is buried
• Arabic: تَابُوت (tābūt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Arabic: تابوت (tābūt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Armenian: դագաղ (dagaġ) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Asturian: caxa — box in which a dead person is buried
• Asturian: andes (San Ciprián de Sanabria) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Asturian: tumba — box in which a dead person is buried
• Asturian: urna (Tox) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Azerbaijani: tabut — box in which a dead person is buried
• Bashkir: табут (tabut) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Belarusian: труна́ (truná) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Belarusian: гроб (hrob) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Belarusian: дамаві́на (damavína) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Belarusian: дамо́ўка (damówka) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Bengali: শবাধার (śobadhar) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Bulgarian: ковче́г (kovčég) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Burmese: ခေါင်း (hkaung:) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Catalan: fèretre — box in which a dead person is buried
• Catalan: taüt — box in which a dead person is buried
• Cebuano: lungon — box in which a dead person is buried
• Chinese Cantonese: 棺材 (gun1 coi4) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Chinese: гуанцэ (guance) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Eastern Min Chinese: 棺材 (guăng-chài) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Gan Chinese: 棺材 (guon1 cai) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Hakka Chinese: 棺材 (kôn-chhòi) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Chinese: 棺柴 (zh-min-nan) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Jin Chinese: 棺材 (guan1 cai1) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Chinese Mandarin: 棺材 — box in which a dead person is buried
• Chinese Mandarin: 棺 (guān) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Wu Chinese: 棺材 — box in which a dead person is buried
• Xiang Chinese: 棺木 (gonn1 mo6) — box in which a dead person is buried
• West Circassian: пхъэмбай (pꭓɛmbaj) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Cornish: logel — box in which a dead person is buried
• Crimean Tatar: tabut — box in which a dead person is buried
• Czech: rakev — box in which a dead person is buried
• Danish: kiste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Danish: ligkiste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Dutch: doodskist — box in which a dead person is buried
• Dutch: kist — box in which a dead person is buried
• Egyptian: q:r-s-qs-w-Q6 (qrsw) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Esperanto: ĉerko — box in which a dead person is buried
• Estonian: puusärk — box in which a dead person is buried
• Estonian: kirst — box in which a dead person is buried
• Faroese: kista — box in which a dead person is buried
• Faroese: líkkista — box in which a dead person is buried
• Finnish: ruumisarkku — box in which a dead person is buried
• Finnish: arkku — box in which a dead person is buried
• French: cercueil — box in which a dead person is buried
• Galician: cadaleito — box in which a dead person is buried
• Galician: caixa — box in which a dead person is buried
• Galician: féretro — box in which a dead person is buried
• Galician: ataúde — box in which a dead person is buried
• Gallurese: baulu — box in which a dead person is buried
• Georgian: კუბო (ḳubo) — box in which a dead person is buried
• German: Sarg — box in which a dead person is buried
• Greek: φέρετρο (féretro) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ancient Greek: σορός (sorós) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ancient Greek: λάρναξ (lárnax) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Gujarati: પેટી (peṭī) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Gujarati: કોફિન (kophin) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Haitian Creole: sèkèy — box in which a dead person is buried
• Hebrew: אָרון (arón) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Hebrew: גְּלוֹסְקֵמָה (gloskemá) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Hindi: ताबूत (tābūt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Hungarian: koporsó — box in which a dead person is buried
• Icelandic: líkkista — box in which a dead person is buried
• Icelandic: kista — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ido: sarko — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ilocano: lungon — box in which a dead person is buried
• Indonesian: peti jenazah — box in which a dead person is buried
• Indonesian: peti mati — box in which a dead person is buried
• Indonesian: peti mayat — box in which a dead person is buried
• Indonesian: keranda — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ingrian: ruumeenpuut — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ingrian: groba — box in which a dead person is buried
• Irish: cónra — box in which a dead person is buried
• Italian: bara — box in which a dead person is buried
• Italian: cassa da morto — box in which a dead person is buried
• Italian: feretro — box in which a dead person is buried
• Japanese: 棺 (hitsugi) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Japanese: 棺桶 (kan'oke) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Kapampangan: kabaung — box in which a dead person is buried
• Kavalan: kapangan — box in which a dead person is buried
• Kazakh: табыт (tabyt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Khmer: មឈូស (mɔɔmɔchuuh) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Korean: 관 (gwan) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Central Kurdish: دارەتەرم (dareterm) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Northern Kurdish: tabût — box in which a dead person is buried
• Northern Kurdish: darbest — box in which a dead person is buried
• Kyrgyz: табыт (tabıt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Lao: ໂລງ (lōng) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Lao: ຫີບສົບ (hīp sop) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Lao: ໂຮງ (hōng) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Latgalian: škiersts — box in which a dead person is buried
• Latgalian: grobs — box in which a dead person is buried
• Latin: capulus — box in which a dead person is buried
• Latin: arca — box in which a dead person is buried
• Latin: loculus — box in which a dead person is buried
• Latvian: zārks — box in which a dead person is buried
• Lithuanian: karstas — box in which a dead person is buried
• Livonian: zārka — box in which a dead person is buried
• Luxembourgish: Lued — box in which a dead person is buried
• Luxembourgish: Doudelued — box in which a dead person is buried
• Macedonian: ковчег (kovčeg) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Malay: keranda — box in which a dead person is buried
• Malayalam: ശവപ്പെട്ടി (śavappeṭṭi) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Maltese: tebut — box in which a dead person is buried
• Manchu: ᡥᠣᠪᠣ (hobo) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Manx: coavin — box in which a dead person is buried
• Manx: kishtey keyl — box in which a dead person is buried
• Māori: kāwhena — box in which a dead person is buried
• Māori: puraku — box in which a dead person is buried
• Marathi: शवपेटी (śavpeṭī) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Marathi: ताबूत (tābūt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Marathi: शवपेटिका (śavpeṭikā) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Mongolian: авс (avs) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Mongolian: ᠠᠪᠰᠠ (absa) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Neapolitan: tauto — box in which a dead person is buried
• Nepali: टाँड (ṭā̃ḍ) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Norman: côffre — box in which a dead person is buried
• Norwegian Bokmål: kiste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Norwegian Bokmål: gravkiste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Norwegian Bokmål: likkiste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kiste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Norwegian Nynorsk: likkiste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Occitan: caissa — box in which a dead person is buried
• Occitan: taüc — box in which a dead person is buried
• Occitan: ataüc — box in which a dead person is buried
• Old English: ċist — box in which a dead person is buried
• Old English: þrūh — box in which a dead person is buried
• Pacoh: turang — box in which a dead person is buried
• Pannonian Rusyn: труна (truna) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Pashto: تابوت (tābut) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Dari: تَابُوت (tābūt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Iranian Persian: تابوت (tâbut) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Plautdietsch: Soakj — box in which a dead person is buried
• Pohnpeian: kohpwa — box in which a dead person is buried
• Polabian: lodo — box in which a dead person is buried
• Polish: trumna — box in which a dead person is buried
• Portuguese: caixão — box in which a dead person is buried
• Portuguese: ataúde — box in which a dead person is buried
• Punjabi: ਕਫ਼ਨ (kafan) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Punjabi: ਤਾਬੂਤ (tābūt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Romanian: sicriu — box in which a dead person is buried
• Romanian: coșciug — box in which a dead person is buried
• Romansh: vaschè — box in which a dead person is buried
• Russian: гроб (grob) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Russian: домови́на (domovína) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Samogitian: grabs — box in which a dead person is buried
• Campidanese Sardinian: baullu — box in which a dead person is buried
• Campidanese Sardinian: lèttia — box in which a dead person is buried
• Sardinian: lettèra — box in which a dead person is buried
• Sassarese: littéra — box in which a dead person is buried
• Sassarese: bauri — box in which a dead person is buried
• Scottish Gaelic: ciste — box in which a dead person is buried
• Scottish Gaelic: ciste-mhairbhe — box in which a dead person is buried
• Scottish Gaelic: ciste-laighe — box in which a dead person is buried
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀вчег — box in which a dead person is buried
• Serbo-Croatian: лије̑с — box in which a dead person is buried
• Serbo-Croatian: ле̑с — box in which a dead person is buried
• Serbo-Croatian: kòvčeg — box in which a dead person is buried
• Serbo-Croatian: lijȇs — box in which a dead person is buried
• Serbo-Croatian: lȇs — box in which a dead person is buried
• Sicilian: tabbutu — box in which a dead person is buried
• Sicilian: cascia di mortu — box in which a dead person is buried
• Silesian: truła — box in which a dead person is buried
• Slovak: rakva — box in which a dead person is buried
• Slovene: krsta — box in which a dead person is buried
• Lower Sorbian: kašć — box in which a dead person is buried
• Southern Altai: межик (mežik) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Spanish: ataúd — box in which a dead person is buried
• Spanish: féretro — box in which a dead person is buried
• Spanish: cajón — box in which a dead person is buried
• Spanish: urna — box in which a dead person is buried
• Spanish: caja mortuoria — box in which a dead person is buried
• Swahili: jeneza — box in which a dead person is buried
• Swedish: kista — box in which a dead person is buried
• Swedish: likkista — box in which a dead person is buried
• Tagalog: kabaong — box in which a dead person is buried
• Tagalog: ataul — box in which a dead person is buried
• Tajik: тобут (tobut) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Tamil: சவப்பெட்டி (cavappeṭṭi) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Tatar: табут (tabut) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Telugu: శవపేటిక (śavapēṭika) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Thai: โลง (loong) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Thai: โลงศพ (loong-sòp) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Thai: หีบศพ (hìip-sòp) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Tibetan: རོ་སྒམ (ro sgam) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Turkish: tabut — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ottoman Turkish: تابوت (tabut) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Turkmen: tabyt — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ukrainian: труна́ (truná) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ukrainian: гріб (hrib) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Ukrainian: домови́на (domovýna) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Unami: sikaxkw — box in which a dead person is buried
• Urdu: تابُوت (tābūt) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Uyghur: تاۋۇت (tawut) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Uzbek: tobut — box in which a dead person is buried
• Vietnamese: quan tài — box in which a dead person is buried
• Vietnamese: hòm — box in which a dead person is buried
• Vietnamese: săng — box in which a dead person is buried
• Volapük: sark — box in which a dead person is buried
• Walloon: waxhea — box in which a dead person is buried
• Walloon: lujhea — box in which a dead person is buried
• Welsh: arch — box in which a dead person is buried
• Yiddish: אָרון (orn) — box in which a dead person is buried
• Yup'ik: qunguq — box in which a dead person is buried
• Zazaki: tabut — box in which a dead person is buried
• Zhuang: faex — box in which a dead person is buried
• Zhuang: gouh — box in which a dead person is buried
• Bulgarian: полагам (polagam) — place in a coffin
• Chinese Mandarin: 把......放入棺材 (bǎ... fàngrù guāncai) — place in a coffin
• Finnish: laittaa arkkuun — place in a coffin
• German: einsargen — place in a coffin
• Icelandic: kistuleggja — place in a coffin
• Japanese: 納棺 (nōkan) — place in a coffin
• Māori: kāwhena — place in a coffin
• Norman: encôffrer — place in a coffin
• Portuguese: encaixotar — place in a coffin
• Volapük: sarkön — place in a coffin