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cairn
English
Etymology
From Scots cairn, from Scottish Gaelic carn (“heap of stones”), from Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos, from Proto-Indo-European *?erh?- (“horn”).
Compare Welsh carn, Cornish carn. Doublet of carn and horn.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k???n/
Noun
cairn (plural cairns)
- A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.
- 1826, Thomas Campbell, Glenara, in The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, page 105:
- "Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn: / Why speak ye no word!"—said Glenara the stern.
- 1826, Thomas Campbell, Glenara, in The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, page 105:
- A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, to guide travelers on land or at sea, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
- A cairn terrier.
Synonyms
- burial mound
Derived terms
- cairned (adjective)
- cairn terrier
Translations
References
- cairn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “cairn”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- CARIN, Crain, Nicar., racin'
French
Noun
cairn m (plural cairns)
- cairn
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /k????n??/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ka???n??/
Noun
cairn
- inflection of carn:
- vocative/genitive singular
- nominative/dative plural
Mutation
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tomb
English
Etymology
From Middle English tombe, toumbe, borrowed from Old French tombe, from Latin tumba from Ancient Greek ?????? (túmbos, “a sepulchral mound, tomb, grave”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh?- (“to swell”).
The verb is from Middle English tomben.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tu?m/?
- (US) IPA(key): /tum/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Noun
tomb (plural tombs)
- A small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door. It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt. Single tombs may be permanently sealed; those for families (or other groups) have doors for access whenever needed.
- A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave.
- One who keeps secrets.
- 1912 Constance Garnett (tr.), Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Book III, chapter 4
- I never told anyone about it. You're the first, except Ivan, of course—Ivan knows everything. He knew about it long before you. But Ivan's a tomb.
- 1912 Constance Garnett (tr.), Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Brothers Karamazov (1880) Book III, chapter 4
Derived terms
- disentomb
- entomb
- tombstone
Descendants
- ? Irish: tuama
- ? Maori: toma
Translations
Verb
tomb (third-person singular simple present tombs, present participle tombing, simple past and past participle tombed)
- (transitive) To bury.
Catalan
Etymology
From tombar.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?tomp/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?tom/
- Homophone: tom (Central)
Noun
tomb m (plural tombs)
- turn (change of direction)
- turn, twist (movement around an axis)
- turn (change of temperament or circumstance)
- walk, stroll
Derived terms
- venir a tomb
Further reading
- “tomb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle English
Noun
tomb (plural tombes)
- Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)
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