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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