epitaph

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• UK: /ˈɛp.ɪˌtɑːf/
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• US: /ˈɛp.ɪˌtæf/
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From Old French epitafe, from Late Latin epitaphium (“eulogy”), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios, “relating to a funeral”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + τάφος (táphos, “tomb”). By surface analysis epi- + -taph.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: epitaaf — inscription on a gravestone
• Armenian: տապանագիր (tapanagir) — inscription on a gravestone
• Armenian: շիրմագիր (širmagir) — inscription on a gravestone
• Armenian: գերեզմանագիր (gerezmanagir) — inscription on a gravestone
• Armenian: դամբանագիր (dambanagir) — inscription on a gravestone
• Azerbaijani: epitafiya — inscription on a gravestone
• Belarusian: эпітафія (epitafija) — inscription on a gravestone
• Belarusian: надмагільны надпіс (nadmahilʹny nadpis) — inscription on a gravestone
• Belarusian: магільны надпіс (mahilʹny nadpis) — inscription on a gravestone
• Bulgarian: епита́фия (epitáfija) — inscription on a gravestone
• Bulgarian: надгро́бен на́дпис (nadgróben nádpis) — inscription on a gravestone
• Catalan: epitafi — inscription on a gravestone
• Chinese Mandarin: 墓誌銘 /墓志铭 (mùzhìmíng) — inscription on a gravestone
• Chinese Mandarin: 碑文 (bēiwén) — inscription on a gravestone
• Czech: epitaf — inscription on a gravestone
• Czech: náhrobní nápis — inscription on a gravestone
• Dutch: grafschrift — inscription on a gravestone
• Esperanto: tomboskribo — inscription on a gravestone
• Estonian: hauakiri — inscription on a gravestone
• Finnish: hautakirjoitus — inscription on a gravestone
• Finnish: epitafi — inscription on a gravestone
• French: épitaphe — inscription on a gravestone
• Middle French: epitaphe — inscription on a gravestone
• Georgian: ეპიტაფია (eṗiṭapia) — inscription on a gravestone
• German: Grabinschrift — inscription on a gravestone
• German: Epitaph — inscription on a gravestone
• Hungarian: sírfelirat — inscription on a gravestone
• Icelandic: grafskrift — inscription on a gravestone
• Ido: epitafo — inscription on a gravestone
• Indonesian: epitaf — inscription on a gravestone
• Indonesian: tulisan nisan — inscription on a gravestone
• Interlingua: epitaphio — inscription on a gravestone
• Irish: feartlaoi — inscription on a gravestone
• Italian: epitaffio — inscription on a gravestone
• Japanese: エピタフ (epitafu) — inscription on a gravestone
• Japanese: 墓碑銘 (bohimei) — inscription on a gravestone
• Kazakh: құлпытастағы жазу (qūlpytastağy jazu) — inscription on a gravestone
• Kazakh: эпитафия (épitafiä) — inscription on a gravestone
• Korean: 묘지명 (myojimyeong) — inscription on a gravestone
• Korean: 묘비명 (myobimyeong) — inscription on a gravestone
• Korean: 에피타프 (epitapeu) — inscription on a gravestone
• Latin: titulus — inscription on a gravestone
• Latin: epitaphium — inscription on a gravestone
• Malay: epitaf — inscription on a gravestone
• Persian: مزارنوشته (mazârnevešte) — inscription on a gravestone
• Persian: گورنوشته — inscription on a gravestone
• Polish: epitafium — inscription on a gravestone
• Portuguese: epitáfio — inscription on a gravestone
• Russian: эпита́фия (epitáfija) — inscription on a gravestone
• Russian: надгро́бная на́дпись (nadgróbnaja nádpisʹ) — inscription on a gravestone
• Scottish Gaelic: leac-sgrìobhadh — inscription on a gravestone
• Spanish: epitafio — inscription on a gravestone
• Swedish: epitafium — inscription on a gravestone
• Swedish: epitaf — inscription on a gravestone
• Turkish: sinyazıt — inscription on a gravestone
• Ukrainian: епіта́фія (epitáfija) — inscription on a gravestone
• Ukrainian: намоги́льний на́пис (namohýlʹnyj nápys) — inscription on a gravestone
• Uzbek: epitafiya — inscription on a gravestone
• Vietnamese: văn bia — inscription on a gravestone
• Belarusian: эпітафія (epitafija) — commemorative poem or other text
• Bulgarian: епита́фия (epitáfija) — commemorative poem or other text
• Finnish: muistokirjoitus — commemorative poem or other text
• Finnish: muistoruno — commemorative poem or other text
• Finnish: epitafi — commemorative poem or other text
• German: Nachruf — commemorative poem or other text
• German: Gedenkschrift — commemorative poem or other text
• German: Elegie — commemorative poem or other text
• German: Gedenkgedicht — commemorative poem or other text
• German: Trauergedicht — commemorative poem or other text
• Icelandic: eftirmæli — commemorative poem or other text
• Icelandic: (an obituary) minningargrein — commemorative poem or other text
• Indonesian: epitaf — commemorative poem or other text
• Indonesian: puisi nisan — commemorative poem or other text
• Irish: feartlaoi — commemorative poem or other text
• Italian: epitaffio — commemorative poem or other text
• Italian: discorso funebre — commemorative poem or other text
• Polish: epitafium — commemorative poem or other text
• Russian: эпита́фия (epitáfija) — commemorative poem or other text