cementerio

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish cementerio.

Noun

cementerio

cemetery
Synonym: camposanto

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θemenˈteɾjo/ [θe.mẽn̪ˈt̪e.ɾjo]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /semenˈteɾjo/ [se.mẽn̪ˈt̪e.ɾjo]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -eɾjo
Syllabification: ce‧men‧te‧rio

Noun

cementerio m (plural cementerios)

cemetery
Synonyms: (Andalusia, Latin America) panteón, camposanto
junkyard, scrapyard

Descendants

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

Further reading

“cementerio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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