burial

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burial

/ˈbɛɹi.əl/ UK
/ˈbɛɹi.əl/ US
/ˈbɝi.əl/ US, regional

Rhymes with (Received Pronunciation) -ɛɹɪəl, (General American) -ɛɹiəl

Where it comes from

From Middle English biriel, a backformation from biriels, which was re-interpreted as a plural, itself from from Old English byrġels, from byrġan (“to bury”) + -els. By surface analysis, bury + -al, but originally unrelated to this suffix.

noun burials · buriall

countable, uncountable The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth. His whole family was present at his burial.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: burying, inhumation, entombment, interment, sepulture, reburial, bury, buried, grave, graveyard, coffin, gravesite, cemetery, undertaker, incineration, tomb

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noun interment

Español	entierro, soterramiento, enterramiento, sepultura, sepultamiento, sepelio
한국어	매장 maejang
日本語	埋葬 maisō
中文	埋葬 máizàng
हिन्दी	दफ़न dafan
Kiswahili	mziko
Português	enterro, sepultura, sepultamento, inumação
Français	enterrement, inhumation, sépulture, ensevelissement
Deutsch	Begräbnis
Italiano	sepoltura, inumazione
Ελληνικά	ταφή tafí
Română	înmormântare, îngropare, înhumare, îngropăciune
Русский	захороне́ние zaxoronénije, погребе́ние pogrebénije, по́хороны póxorony
Tiếng Việt	mai táng
العربية	دَفْن dafn, تَدْفِين tadfīn
עברית	קְבוּרָה k'vura

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@misc{burial_2026,
  title = {burial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}