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crematorium

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /kɹɛməˈtɔːɹɪəm/
  • US: /kɹiːməˈtɔːɹi.əm/
  • CMU ARPABET: K R IY0 M AH0 T AO1 R IY0 AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A place where the bodies of dead people are cremated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crematory

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crematory, cremation chamber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: furnace

Narrower terms: gas oven

3

noun

Meaning 3

a mortuary where corpses are cremated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crematory

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: morgue, mortuary, dead room

History

Etymology

From New Latin crematorium.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَحْرَقَة (maḥraqa) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Armenian: դիակիզարան (diakizaran) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Azerbaijani: krematori — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Belarusian: крэмато́рый (krematóryj) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Bulgarian: кремато́риум (krematórium) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Catalan: crematori — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火葬場 /火葬场 (huǒzàngchǎng) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Czech: krematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Danish: krematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Danish: krematorie — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Dutch: crematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Esperanto: kremaciejo — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Estonian: krematoorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Finnish: krematorio — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • French: crématorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • French: crématoire — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Georgian: კრემატორიუმი (ḳremaṭoriumi) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • German: Krematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Greek: κρεματόριο (krematório) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Ancient Greek: καῦστρα (kaûstra) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Gujarati: મસાણ (masāṇ) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Gujarati: શ્મશાન (śmaśān) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Hebrew: משרפה \ מִשׂרָפָה (misrafá) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Hindi: श्मशान (śmaśān) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Hindi: मरघट (marghaṭ) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Hungarian: krematórium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Ido: kremaceyo — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Italian: crematorio — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Italian: crematoio — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Japanese: 火葬場 (kasōba) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Japanese: 焼き場 (yakiba) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Korean: 화장장 (hwajangjang) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Latin: ustrīna — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Latvian: krematorija — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Lithuanian: krematoriumas — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • : ᦷᦣᧂᦕᧁᦕᦲ (hongṗhawṗhii) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Macedonian: крематориум (krematorium) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Māori: whare whakapungarehu — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Māori: whare tahu tūpāpaku — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Norwegian Bokmål: krematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Occitan: crematòri — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Persian: مردهسوزخانه — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Polish: krematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Portuguese: crematório — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Romanian: crematoriu — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Russian: кремато́рий (krematórij) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Serbo-Croatian: крематоријум — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Serbo-Croatian: крема̀то̄рӣј — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Serbo-Croatian: krematorijum — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Serbo-Croatian: kremàtōrīj — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Slovak: krematórium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Slovene: krematorij — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Spanish: crematorio — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Swedish: krematorium — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Thai: ที่เผาศพ (têe păo sòp) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Thai: ฌาปนสถาน (chaa-bpà-ná-sà-tǎan) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Thai: สุสาน (sù-sǎan) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Tibetan: པུར་ཁང (pur khang) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Turkish: yakmalık — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Turkish: krematoryum — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Ukrainian: кремато́рій (krematórij) — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Vietnamese: lò thiêu — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Vietnamese: lò thiêu xác — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Vietnamese: nơi hoả táng — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Volapük: filasepülöp — place where dead bodies are cremated
  • Welsh: amlosgfa — place where dead bodies are cremated