epitaph
Meaning of epitaph
noun
a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.
late Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, neuter of ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ + taphos ‘tomb’.
Information about epitaph
- It is a name.
- The plural form of epitaph is: epitaphs.
- Languages in which epitaph is used:
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Hyphenation of epitaph
epi-taph
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- epitaph is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
epitaph synonyms
Meaning (in modern literature) a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead:
Meaning the action or fact of commemorating a dead person or past event:
Meaning a notice of a death, especially in a newspaper, typically including a brief biography of the deceased person:
Meaning a thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book:
Meaning a print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface:
Meaning a print produced by the process of etching:
Meaning a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated:
Translation of epitaph
Words that rhyme with epitaph
tritaph, bibliotaph, cenotaph, Altastaph, austrastaph, staph
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