cremate

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• General-American: /ˈkɹimeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈmeɪt/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• Australian: /kɹəˈmeɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: K R IY1 M EY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: изпепелявам (izpepeljavam) — burn to ashes
• Catalan: incinerar — burn to ashes
• Chinese Mandarin: 焚毀 /焚毁 (fénhuǐ) — burn to ashes
• Danish: brænde — burn to ashes
• Dutch: verassen — burn to ashes
• Finnish: polttaa tuhkaksi — burn to ashes
• French: incinérer — burn to ashes
• German: einäschern — burn to ashes
• Hindi: दाह (dāh) — burn to ashes
• Hungarian: hamvaszt — burn to ashes
• Hungarian: elhamvaszt — burn to ashes
• Ido: kremacar — burn to ashes
• Latin: cremō — burn to ashes
• Māori: whakapungarehu — burn to ashes
• Portuguese: cremar — burn to ashes
• Romanian: incinera — burn to ashes
• Russian: сжига́ть (sžigátʹ) — burn to ashes
• Russian: сжечь (sžečʹ) — burn to ashes
• Russian: испепеля́ть (ispepeljátʹ) — burn to ashes
• Russian: испепели́ть (ispepelítʹ) — burn to ashes
• Spanish: incinerar — burn to ashes
• Swedish: bränna — burn to ashes
• Thai: เผา (pǎo) — burn to ashes
• Bulgarian: изгарям (izgarjam) — incinerate a body
• Bulgarian: кремирам (kremiram) — incinerate a body
• Catalan: incinerar — incinerate a body
• Chinese Mandarin: 焚化 (fénhuà) — incinerate a body
• Danish: kremere — incinerate a body
• Dutch: cremeren — incinerate a body
• Esperanto: kremacii — incinerate a body
• Finnish: krematoida — incinerate a body
• Finnish: polttohaudata — incinerate a body
• French: incinérer — incinerate a body
• French: crématiser — incinerate a body
• German: kremieren — incinerate a body
• Hebrew: שרף גווייה (saráf gviyá) — incinerate a body
• Hindi: अग्निदाह (agnidāh) — incinerate a body
• Hungarian: elhamvaszt — incinerate a body
• Ido: kremacar — incinerate a body
• Irish: créam — incinerate a body
• Italian: cremare — incinerate a body
• Italian: incinerare — incinerate a body
• Japanese: 火葬する (kasō-suru) — incinerate a body
• Khmer: បូជា (bouciə) — incinerate a body
• Khmer: បូជាសព (bouciə sɑp) — incinerate a body
• Māori: tahu tūpāpaku — incinerate a body
• Māori: whakapungarehu — incinerate a body
• Norwegian Bokmål: kremere — incinerate a body
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kremere — incinerate a body
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kremera — incinerate a body
• Polish: kremować — incinerate a body
• Polish: skremować — incinerate a body
• Portuguese: cremar — incinerate a body
• Romanian: incinera — incinerate a body
• Russian: креми́ровать (kremírovatʹ) — incinerate a body
• Spanish: incinerar — incinerate a body
• Swedish: kremera — incinerate a body
• Thai: ฌาปนกิจ (chaa-bpà-ná-gìt) — incinerate a body
• Thai: เผา (pǎo) — incinerate a body
• Turkish: yakmak — incinerate a body
• Vietnamese: hoả táng — incinerate a body
• Welsh: amlosgi — incinerate a body