interment

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ɪnˈtɜrmənt/ UK /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb

The interment took place at dawn in the family plot.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the burial of a corpse in a... burial entombmentinhumationsepulture funeral

Opposites

exhumationdisintermentcremation

Word family

Related forms inter disinter terrestrial territory

Etymology

From Old French enterrement, from enterrer ('to bury'), from Medieval Latin interrare, from Latin in- ('in') + terra ('earth').

interrare Latin terra Latin

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# interment

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtɜrmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtɜːmənt/

## Meanings
1. the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb

## Examples
- The interment took place at dawn in the family plot.

## Synonyms
- burial
- entombment
- inhumation
- sepulture
- funeral

## Antonyms
- exhumation
- disinterment
- cremation

## Related Forms
- inter
- disinter
- terrestrial
- territory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: interrare
- Root: terra

## Etymology
From Old French enterrement, from enterrer ('to bury'), from Medieval Latin interrare, from Latin in- ('in') + terra ('earth').

## AI Etymology
Interment comes from Old French enterrement, from enterrer ('to bury'), from Medieval Latin interrare, from Latin in- ('in') + terra ('earth'). The etymological trail includes Latin interrare and Latin terra. As a noun, interment means the burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb. The same family is visible in related forms such as inter, disinter, terrestrial, and territory. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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