crematorium
See also: crématorium
English
    

An old photograph of a crematorium in Oslo, Norway
Etymology
    
From New Latin crematorium.
Pronunciation
    
Noun
    
crematorium (plural crematoriums or crematoria)
Translations
    
place where dead bodies are cremated
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Dutch
    
    Etymology
    
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Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˌkreː.maːˈtoː.ri.ʏm/
- Hyphenation: cre‧ma‧to‧ri‧um
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- Rhymes: -oːriʏm
Noun
    
crematorium n (plural crematoria or crematoriums, diminutive crematoriumpje n)
- A crematorium, a crematory.
- 1876 November 23, “Crematie”, in Java-bode, volume 25, number 277, page 3:- De afgevaardigden naar Dresden, dr. Egeling en dr. Hoogewerff, brachten verslag uit van het aldaar gehouden kongres; daarbij werden overgelegd eenige exemplaren van de stenographische verhandelingen van het 'kongres, photographieën van teekeningen en plannen voor een groot crematorium van de ingenieur Pieper en den architekt Lilienthal, en van den Siemenschen oven, en Beilagen v. d. Augsburgschen Allgem. Zeitung waarin de redevoeringen van prof. Kinkel is[sic] opgenomen.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
 
 
 
Descendants
    
- → Indonesian: krèmatorium
Latin
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kre.maːˈtoː.ri.um/, [krɛmäːˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kre.maˈto.ri.um/, [kremäˈt̪ɔːrium]
Declension
    
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cremātōrium | cremātōria | 
| Genitive | cremātōriī cremātōrī1 | cremātōriōrum | 
| Dative | cremātōriō | cremātōriīs | 
| Accusative | cremātōrium | cremātōria | 
| Ablative | cremātōriō | cremātōriīs | 
| Vocative | cremātōrium | cremātōria | 
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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