tumulus
tumulus · tumuli
курган
A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tombA mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
UK/ˈtjuːmjələs/US/ˈtuːmjələs/
» Tom buried his dead pet turtles in tumuli throughout the backyard.
Meaning
1 sensesA mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
курга́нkurgán
(archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
Examples
2 sentencesTom buried his dead pet turtles in tumuli throughout the backyard.
Bronze Age burial tumuli often vary in size.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
mound of earth:
Origin
From Latin tumulus (“mound, hill”), from tumeō (“to swell”). Doublet of tombolo.From Latin tumulus (“mound, hill”), from tumeō (“to swell”). Doublet of tombolo.
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Forms
plural: tumuliSynonyms
4 synonymsburial mound § Synonyms
Close in meaning
- (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs:burial moundgrave moundbarrow
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedtumulous
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular