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cremate

/ˈkɹimeɪt/ US
/kɹɪˈmeɪt/ UK
/kɹəˈmeɪt/ Australia

Where it comes from

First attested in 1889; borrowed from Latin cremātus, perfect passive participle of cremō (“to burn to ashes; to cremate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

verb cremates · cremating · cremated

transitive To burn something to ashes.
Similar: burn away, cinder, burn, burn down, burn up, burn to a crisp, char up, combure, combust, cremate, forburn, forsweal
transitive To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial). I want to be cremated when I die.

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verb burn to ashes

Español	incinerar
中文	焚毀 /焚毁 fénhuǐ
हिन्दी	दाह dāh
Português	cremar
Français	incinérer
Deutsch	einäschern
Română	incinera
Русский	сжига́ть sžigátʹ, сжечь sžečʹ, испепеля́ть ispepeljátʹ, испепели́ть ispepelítʹ

verb incinerate a body

Español	incinerar
日本語	火葬する kasō-suru
中文	焚化 fénhuà
हिन्दी	अग्निदाह agnidāh
Português	cremar
Français	incinérer, crématiser
Deutsch	kremieren
Italiano	cremare, incinerare
Română	incinera
Русский	креми́ровать kremírovatʹ
Tiếng Việt	hoả táng
עברית	שרף גווייה saráf gviyá

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@misc{cremate_2026,
  title = {cremate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cremate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}