cemitério

See also: cemiterio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

cemiterio (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”), from κοιμάω (koimáō, “to put to sleep”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [si.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /si.miˈtɛ.ɾju/, /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.u/ [se.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /se.miˈtɛ.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.miˈtɛ.ɾi.o/ [se.miˈtɛ.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /se.miˈtɛ.ɾjo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.miˈtɛ.ɾju/

Audio (Brazil): (file)
Hyphenation: ce‧mi‧té‧ri‧o

Noun

cemitério m (plural cemitérios)

cemetery; graveyard (place where bodies are buried)
(figurative) a place without people
O parque está um cemitério. ― The park is completely empty.

Derived terms

cemiterial

Descendants

→ Konkani: शिमीतीर (śimītīr), शिमितीर (śimitīr)
→ Malayalam: സെമിത്തേരി (semittēri)

See also

Further reading

“cemitério”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025