columbarium
/ˌkɑləmˈbɛri.əm/noun
columbarium is spelled C-O-L-U-M-B-A-R-I-U-M: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, columbarium means “A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of columbarium is columbariums or columbaria.
How many letters and syllables are in columbarium?
| Letters | 11: C-O-L-U-M-B-A-R-I-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is columbarium?
Columbarium appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce columbarium?
- UK /ˌkɒləmˈbɛəɹi.əm/
- US /ˌkɑləmˈbɛri.əm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-TurtleMedicine-columbarium.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with columbarium?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as columbarium from its last stressed vowel (/ɛɹiəm/):
- herbarium
- terrarium
- fusarium
- honorarium
- samarium
- imaginarium
- vivarium
- armamentarium
- oceanarium
- seaquarium
- legendarium
- itinerarium
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of columbarium
- columbariums plural
- columbaria plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does columbarium mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A columbary, especially a large and architecturally impressive one for housing a large colony of pigeons or doves, such as those in ancien régime France.
Meronym: pigeonhole
- 2
A pigeonhole in such a dovecote.
- 3
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.
- 4
A niche in such a building for housing urns.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Columbarium in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Taubenhaus, Taubenschlag, Kolumbarium, Columbarium , Urnenhalle |
| Portuguese | columbário, pombal |
| Spanish | palomar , columbario |
| French | columbarium |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does columbarium come from?
Borrowed from Latin columbārium, from columba (“pigeon”) + -ārium (“place for”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).