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sépulture

burial place

noun seh-pül-TYÜR Rare

Origin: Latin sepultura, from sepelire (to bury)

Also means

tomb

Usage Note

Sépulture is a formal or legal term for a burial site or the right to be buried; it appears in official contexts such as violation de sépulture (desecration of a grave). The more everyday word for a grave is tombe (f), while sépulture carries a more solemn register.

Examples

"Les archéologues ont découvert une ancienne sépulture."

Natural Translation

The archaeologists discovered an ancient burial site.

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