Cimetière (en. Graveyard)

/si.me.tjɛʁ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Space dedicated to the burial of mortal remains.

Families often go to the cemetery to reflect.

Les familles se rendent souvent au cimetière pour se recueillir.

The collection of graves and monuments in this space.

The cemetery is decorated with flowers during All Saints' Day.

Le cimetière est décoré de fleurs lors de la Toussaint.

Metaphor designating a place of great desolation.

This neighborhood looks like a cemetery since the residents left.

Ce quartier a l'air d'un cimetière depuis que les habitants sont partis.

From Latin 'cemeterium', derived from Greek 'koimeterion', meaning 'to put to sleep'.

to visit a cemetery

To go to a cemetery to honor the deceased.

visiter un cimetière

to take a walk in the cemetery

To walk in a cemetery, often to reflect or think.

faire une promenade au cimetière

elephant cemetery

Expression referring to a place one goes at the end of life or in despair.

cimetière des éléphants

burial

Action of placing a body in a tomb.

inhumation

tombstone

Tombstone that marks the grave.

tombstone

funeral

Ceremony of farewell to the dead.

funérailles

Space devoid of life or activity.

This park becomes a cemetery after 6 PM, there is no one left.

Ce parc devient un cimetière après 18 heures, il n'y a plus personne.

Place of despair or stagnation.

This project has turned all our ideas into a cemetery.

Ce projet a fait un cimetière de toutes nos idées.