Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "cenotaph" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CENOTAPH

From Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion, from kenos empty + taphos tomb.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF CENOTAPH

cenotaph  [ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CENOTAPH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cenotaph is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CENOTAPH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cenotaph

Cenotaph

A cenotaph is an "empty tomb" or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek: κενοτάφιον = kenotaphion. Although the vast majority of cenotaphs are erected in honour of individuals, many noted cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the lost soldiers of one country or empire.

Definition of cenotaph in the English dictionary

The definition of cenotaph in the dictionary is a monument honouring a dead person or persons buried elsewhere.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CENOTAPH


Clontarf
klɒnˈtɑːf
cowlstaff
ˈkaʊlˌstɑːf
distaff
ˈdɪstɑːf
epitaph
ˈɛpɪˌtɑːf
flagstaff
ˈflæɡstɑːf
handstaff
ˈhændˌstɑːf
pikestaff
ˈpaɪkˌstɑːf
plowstaff
ˈplaʊˌstɑːf
quarterstaff
ˈkwɔːtəˌstɑːf
staff
stɑːf
tipstaff
ˈtɪpˌstɑːf
waitstaff
ˈweɪtˌstɑːf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CENOTAPH

cenesthetic
CEng
Cenis
cenobite
cenobitic
cenobitical
cenogenesis
cenogenetic
cenogenetically
cenospecies
cenotaphic
cenote
Cenozoic
cens
cense
censer
censor
censorable
censorial
censorian

WORDS THAT END LIKE CENOTAPH

autograph
chromolithograph
chronograph
electron micrograph
graph
ideograph
lithograph
monograph
pantograph
paragraph
phonograph
photograph
pictograph
seismograph
seraph
spirograph
staph
subgraph
telegraph
the Cenotaph

Synonyms and antonyms of cenotaph in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cenotaph» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF CENOTAPH

Find out the translation of cenotaph to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cenotaph from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cenotaph» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

衣冠冢
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cenotafio
570 millions of speakers

English

cenotaph
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कब्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التابوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кенотафом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cenotáfio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্মৃতিস্তম্ভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cénotaphe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cenotaph
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kenotaph
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

慰霊碑
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기념비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cenotaph
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mộ bia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நினைவுச்சின்னத்தினுள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेनोटॅफ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anıt mezar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cenotafio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grobowiec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кенотафом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cenotaf
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κενοτάφιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

senotaaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cenotaphen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kenotaf
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cenotaph

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CENOTAPH»

The term «cenotaph» is regularly used and occupies the 97.252 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
55
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «cenotaph» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of cenotaph
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «cenotaph».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CENOTAPH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cenotaph» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cenotaph» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cenotaph

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CENOTAPH»

Discover the use of cenotaph in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cenotaph and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cenotaph: poems
Presents a collection of poems that deal with death and grief.
Eric Pankey, 2000
2
The House of Mourning: Or, the Christian's Cenotaph for Her ...
HOUSE. OF. MOURNING. ' 5 WW HRISTIANS, prepare, and let the sacred song A welcome for Great Britain's Heir prolong :— These gladd'ning accents echo far and wide. England, behold your hope, your love and pride!— But hark! 'tis past ...
S. FRANKLIN, 1818
3
Chronicles of King Conan Volume 3: The Haunter of the ...
Doug Moensch. ES OF ' V I .__ Iv, h! ./ ->'._K,._r 'VOLUME THREE : .11“ THE HAUNTER OF THE CENOTAPH AND OTHER STORIES W Story DOUG MOENCH Pencils MARC SILVESTRI, RON FRENZ, ALAN KUPPERBERG, and ERNIE ...
Doug Moensch, 2012
4
Trauma and the Memory of Politics
The Cenotaph Both the Cenotaph in London and the Vietnam Wall in Washington evoke the same temporality, the same encircling of trauma. Both are in imperial capitals and both celebrate imperial wars. One marks what has become a ...
Jenny Edkins, 2003
5
Death as an Enemy: According to Ancient Egyptian Conceptions
80-85); Cenotaph Seti 1 1st division. 1st division, B.S. PI. IV, III; Budge 2nd division (pp. 86-99); Cenotaph Seti I 2nd division. 2nd division, B.S. PI. IIl, II; Budge 3rd division (pp. 100-118); Cenotaph Seti I 3rd division. 3rd division, B.S. PI. II, VIII ...
Jan Zandee, 1960
6
Romancing the Difference: Kenneth Burke, Bob Jones ...
Just like Anderson's busybody who seeks to fill the cenotaph with the most “real” remains, these fundamentalists strain to remember each detail of their past with accuracy. KENNETH BURKE ON THE CENOTAPH AND PHOTOGRAPH ...
Camille Kaminski Lewis, 2007
7
Cenotaphs: Ahar Cenotaphs, Alamo Cenotaph, Arras Flying ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
8
The Newton Wars and the Beginning of the French Enlightenment
2 Étienne Louis Boullée, cenotaph for Newton, exterior 4 Fig. 3 Étienne Louis Boullée, cenotaph for Newton, interior 5 Fig. 4 Étienne Louis Boullée, cenotaph for Newton, interior view with orrery 6 Fig. 5 Étienne Louis Boullée, cenotaph for ...
J. B. Shank, 2008
9
Battlefield Tourism: Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of the ...
Pilgrimage and the Commemoration of the Great War in Britain, Australia and Canada, 1919-1939 David William, Lloyd. remembering.' 177 He returned to the monument in 1950 and found that 'few nowadays pause to examine the Cenotaph, ...
David William, Lloyd, 2014
10
A World History of Architecture
His design for a cenotaph for Sir Isaac Newton, the discoverer of the laws of classical mechanics, is a hollow sphere 500 feet in diameter, the top half of which represents the dome of heaven, perforated with holes to give the impression of stars ...
Marian Moffett, Michael W. Fazio, Lawrence Wodehouse, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CENOTAPH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cenotaph is used in the context of the following news items.
1
North Sydney cenotaph a place for reflection
Maintaining the cenotaph and grounds is a priority for Armstrong Memorial branch 19 Royal Canadian Legion and its president Carl Wall. «Cape Breton Post, Jul 15»
2
Alamo hosts World Heritage celebration
In 1982, city council banned the metal head from San Antonio for defiling the Alamo Cenotaph. Phil Collins, the 1980s pop star and celebrated ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
3
HMCS Lindsay remembered with special event on July 18
The celebration begins at 1 p.m. at the Lindsay cenotaph, featuring an honour guard and colour guard, and wreath laying by HMCS Lindsay ... «Kawartha Media Group, Jul 15»
4
Nueva Londres: where Paraguay, Australia and Great Britain converge
A few fought in the first world war; others died for Paraguay in the 1932-5 Chaco war: a cenotaph among the plaza's orange trees lists Santiago ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Gauteng Boardwalk - July 7, 2015
The Cenotaph Of Dan Wa Moriri, written by Tony Miyambo. July 16 at 6pm, July 17 at 7.30pm, July 18 at 5.15pm. Crossing. July 24 at 9pm, July ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
6
What food will be on offer at the Swansea airshow?
Food will be available in the ground display area by the cenotaph on Mumbles Road, by the prom, around the recreation ground and and also ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
7
Wife's tribute to 'amazing dad' who died on way home from gym
It specialises in the restoration of historic properties and has worked on Carlisle Cenotaph, Holme Cultram Abbey, Lowther Castle, and other ... «News & Star, Jul 15»
8
Cenotaph Park completion temporarily postponed
“We are looking at the drainage aspect of things, talking to the contractor (for the Cenotaph Plaza), see what the as-builts are because there ... «Columbia Valley Pioneer, Jul 15»
9
VIDEO: SF lay WW1 wreath with Irish/English message
Arder Carson was speaking after he led a Sinn Fein delegation to lay a poppy-less wreath at the city's Cenotaph at 9.30am, honouring those ... «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»
10
Restored cenotaphs are Udaipur`s new tourist attraction | Jaipur …
After arduous effort of two years, the largest cenotaph complex among the ... The cenotaph complex has always been a part of medieval Rajput ... «NYOOOZ, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cenotaph [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cenotaph>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z