inhume

See also: inhumé

English

Etymology

Latin in and humāre (“to bury”).

Verb

inhume (third-person singular simple present inhumes, present participle inhuming, simple past and past participle inhumed)

1. (transitive) To bury in a grave.

Synonyms

• bury, entomb, inter

Antonyms

• dig up, disentomb, disinter, exhume, unearth

Derived terms

• inhumation

Translations

To bury in a grave

• Bulgarian: погребвам (bg) (pogrebvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埋葬 (zh) (máizàng)

• Portuguese: inumar (pt), enterrar (pt), sepultar (pt)
• Spanish: inhumar (es)
• Turkish: toprağa vermek (tr)

Anagrams

• humine

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: inhument, inhumes

Verb

inhume

1. inflection of inhumer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Verb

inhume

1. inflection of inhumar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

inhume

1. inflection of inhumar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative