cremation

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• /kɹɪˈmeɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: K R IY0 M EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin cremātiō, cremātiōnis; equivalent to cremate + -ion.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verassing — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Afrikaans: lykverbranding — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Afrikaans: kremasie — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Bulgarian: изгаряне (izgarjane) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Bulgarian: кремация (kremacija) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Burmese: ဈာပန (jhapa.na.) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Chinese Mandarin: 火葬 (huǒzàng) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Cornish: korfloskans — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Czech: kremace — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Danish: kremering — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Danish: ligbrænding — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Dutch: crematie — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Dutch: lijkverbranding — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Dutch: verassing — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Esperanto: kremacio — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Finnish: polttohautaus — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Finnish: polttaminen — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• French: crémation — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• German: Einäscherung — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• German: Feuerbestattung — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• German: Kremation — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• German: Kremierung — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• German: Leichenverbrennung — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Greek: αποτέφρωση (apotéfrosi) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Hebrew: משרפה \ מִשׂרָפָה (misrafá) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Hindi: अग्निदाह (agnidāh) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Hungarian: hamvasztás — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Icelandic: bálför — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Indonesian: kremasi — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Irish: créamadh — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Italian: cremazione — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Japanese: 火葬 (kasō) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Korean: 화장 (hwajang) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Korean: 소각 (sogak) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Latin: cremātiō — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Norwegian Bokmål: kremasjon — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Norwegian Bokmål: kremering — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Norwegian Bokmål: likbrenning — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kremasjon — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kremering — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Norwegian Nynorsk: likbrenning — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Polish: kremacja — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Polish: ciałopalenie — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Portuguese: cremação — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Romanian: incinerare — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Romanian: cremațiune — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Russian: крема́ция (kremácija) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Sanskrit: शवदाह (śavadāha) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Slovak: kremácia — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Spanish: cremación — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Swedish: likbränning — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Swedish: kremering — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Swedish: kremation — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Swedish: eldbegängelse — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Thai: ฌาปนกิจ (chaa-bpà-ná-gìt) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Turkish: kremasyon — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Ukrainian: крема́ція (kremácija) — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Volapük: fefilükam — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Volapük: funifefilükam — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Welsh: amlosgiad — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Welsh: darlosgiad — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse
• Welsh: corfflosgiad — burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse