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French
Etymology
From Old French cimitiere, a semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”).
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Noun
cimetière m (plural cimetières)
- cemetery, graveyard
- Synonyms: cime, cimetoche
1874, Jules Verne, Vingt mille lieues sous les mers, sourced from :Et il repose maintenant près de ses compagnons, dans ce cimetière de corail?- And now he rests beside his companions in that coral cemetery?
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