mausoleum
A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombsA large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
» Edmundo was taken to a mausoleum.
Meaning
2 sensesA large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
Holonym: cemetery
Mausoleum
мавзоле́йmavzoléj
мавзоле́йmavzoléj
(broadly)A gloomy, usually large room or building.
- a large burial chamber, usually above ground
Examples
4 sentencesEdmundo was taken to a mausoleum.
No one can rescue me from this mausoleum.
Are you going to build mausoleums in Turkey?
The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India.
ruТадж-Махал - мавзолей расположенный в г. Агра в Индии. — Balamax
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mausoleum, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (MausōlFrom Middle English mausoleum, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon, “Mausoleum, the grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos, “Mausolus”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).
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Forms
plural: mausoleums / mausolea| Singular | mausoleum |
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| Plural | mausoleums / mausolea |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular