interred
埋葬された
解説 Definition
interred は inter（埋葬する）の過去形・過去分詞で、「埋葬された」という意味です。主に形式ばった文脈で、遺体が墓や墓地に納められたことを述べるときに使われます。
Placed in a grave, tomb, or other burial site, especially in formal descriptions of what happened to a dead person’s body or remains. It is the past form and past participle of inter and commonly appears in passive constructions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 inter「埋葬する」の過去形・過去分詞で、最後の音節に強勢があるため r を重ねて -ed を付け、/ɪnˈtɜːrd/ と発音します。in-「中へ」と terra「大地」のつながりから、「遺体を大地の中へ納めた」と捉え、be interred in a cemetery の形で覚えましょう。
Interred is the past form and past participle of inter, a formal verb meaning “to bury.” Because the final syllable of inter is stressed, the r is doubled before -ed: interred, pronounced /ɪnˈtɜːrd/. Connect the word with terra, the Latin word for “earth,” and picture a person’s remains being placed into the ground. It commonly appears in passive patterns such as was interred in a cemetery or were interred beside the family. Unlike the everyday buried, interred has a formal, respectful tone often found in biographies, plaques, and historical records.
例文
The poet was interred in a quiet cemetery.
その詩人は静かな墓地に埋葬されました。
Her remains were interred beside her family.
彼女の遺骨は家族のそばに埋葬されました。
The plaque states that the soldier was interred there.
その銘板には、その兵士がそこに埋葬されたと記されています。
interred の類義語・関連語
interred の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 in-（中へ）+ terra（大地）から成るフランス語 enterrer を経て英語に入った。文字通り「大地の中に入れる」が原義で、埋葬を意味する。関連語：terrain（地形）、territory（領土）。すべて「大地」の語根 terra を共有している。
Interred is formed from inter by doubling the final r and adding -ed. The verb entered English through Old French enterrer, “to put into the earth,” from Medieval Latin interrare. Its elements are Latin in-, “in or into,” and terra, “earth or land.” Thus, its literal historical sense is “placed into the earth.” In modern English, inter and interred remain formal terms used specifically for the burial of a body or human remains.
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