different between catacomb vs tomb
catacomb
English
Etymology
From Old English [Term?], from Late Latin catacumbas, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, dissimilation of Latin cata- (“among”) (from Ancient Greek ???? (katá, “under”)) + tumbas (from Ancient Greek ?????? (túmbos, “swell”)).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kat??k??m/ (less commonly) IPA(key): /?kat?ku?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /?kætako?m/, /?kæt?ku?m/
Noun
catacomb (plural catacombs)
- (often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
Translations
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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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