cementerio

Inherited from Spanish cementerio.

• IPA^(key): /semenˈteɾjo/, [se.mẽn̪ˈt̪e.ɾjo]
• Hyphenation: se‧men‧te‧rio

cementerio

1. cemetery

   Synonym: camposanto

Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”). Probably influenced by Spanish cemento, whence the intrusive n.

• IPA^(key): /θemenˈteɾjo/ [θe.mẽn̪ˈt̪e.ɾjo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /semenˈteɾjo/ [se.mẽn̪ˈt̪e.ɾjo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾjo
• Syllabification: ce‧men‧te‧rio

cementerio m (plural cementerios)

1. cemetery

   Synonyms: camposanto, panteón (Andalusia, Latin America)

2. junkyard, scrapyard

   Synonym: chatarrería

• > Chavacano: cementerio (inherited)
• → Bikol Central: sementeryo
• → Cebuano: sementeryo
• → Chamorro: sementeyo
• → Ilocano: sementerio
• → Tagalog: sementeryo

• “cementerio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024