cemetery
A place where the dead are buriedA place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
» Tom went to the cemetery.
Том пішов на цвинтар.
Том поїхав на цвинтар.
Meaning
1 sensesA place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.
- a tract of land used for burials
Examples
164 sentencesTom went to the cemetery.
Том пішов на цвинтар.
This place looks like a cemetery.
Tom's house is near the cemetery.
Tom went to the cemetery by himself.
ruТом пошёл на кладбище один.
We're going to the cemetery right now.
ruСейчас мы идём на кладбище.
Origin
From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium,From Middle English cimiterie, from Old French cimitiere, from Medieval Latin cimitērium, from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “I put to sleep”); compare cœmeterium. Displaced Middle English charnel (“mass grave, cemetery”) and Old English līctūn (“cemetery”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source