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interment

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ɪnˈtɝmənt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)mənt

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of burying a dead body; burial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: burial, entombment, inhumation, sepulture

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: funeral

History

Etymology

From Middle English enterement, interment, from Old French enterrement. By surface analysis, inter + -ment.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թաղում (tʻaġum) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Bulgarian: погребение (pogrebenie) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Catalan: enterrament — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Dutch: begrafenis — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Dutch: teraardebestelling — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • German: Beerdigung — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Greek: ενταφιασμός (entafiasmós) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Latin: sepultūra — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Māori: nehunga — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Māori: tāpukenga — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Māori: tanumanga — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Norman: entèrrement — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Polish: pochówek — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Portuguese: enterro — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Romanian: înhumare — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Romanian: înmormântare — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Russian: погребе́ние (pogrebénije) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Spanish: entierro — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Tamil: அடக்கம் (aṭakkam) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوممه (gömme) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Ottoman Turkish: تدفین (tedfin) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Ukrainian: поховання (poxovannja) — The act of burying a dead body; burial
  • Walloon: etermint — The act of burying a dead body; burial