interment
埋葬
解説 Definition
遺体を墓に埋めること。葬式後の埋葬の儀式。故人を地中に納める行為。
Interment is the act of burying a dead person, usually in a grave or tomb. This word is formal and is mainly used in funeral, religious, or legal contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
interment はまず動詞 inter「埋葬する」とセットで覚えると定着しやすいです。名詞語尾 -ment は movement, agreement のように「行為・結果」を表すので、「inter すること」= 埋葬、と取れます。実際も interment service, place of interment など、葬儀後に墓へ納める場面で出やすい語です。特に internment（抑留）と1文字違いで非常に紛らわしいので、墓・葬儀の文脈なら interment、収容所や抑留の話なら internment と文脈で切り分けると混同しにくくなります。
Remember `interment` with the verb `inter`, which means to bury. The ending `-ment` often makes a noun for an act or result, like in `agreement` or `movement`. Be careful not to confuse it with `internment`, which has an extra `n` and is about detention, not burial.
例文
The interment ceremony was held at the cemetery.
埋葬式は墓地で行われた。
They chose interment over cremation for their loved one.
彼らは愛する人の埋葬を火葬の代わりに選んだ。
The interment took place on a rainy afternoon.
埋葬は雨の午後に行われた。
interment の類義語・関連語
interment の語源・成り立ち Etymology
interment は古フランス語 enterrement を経て、中世ラテン語 interrare「土に入れる」にさかのぼります。in-「中へ」+ terra「土」で、文字どおり「土の中へ納める」ことなので、埋葬の意味がすっとつながります。関連語は inter, terrestrial。
Interment came into English through Old French and goes back to Medieval Latin interrare, meaning "to put into the earth." It is made from in- "into" and terra "earth." The meaning stayed close to the original image of placing someone in the ground, and it is related to words such as inter and terrestrial.
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