columbarium
French, noun/kɔ.lɔ̃.ba.ʁjɔ̃/
columbarium is spelled C-O-L-U-M-B-A-R-I-U-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 102,288th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Columbarium is a French masculine noun meaning “columbarium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Édifice sépulcral dans les parois duquel étaient pratiquées des niches destinées à recevoir des urnes…”.
What does columbarium mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecolumbarium
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Édifice sépulcral dans les parois duquel étaient pratiquées des niches destinées à recevoir des urnes mortuaires. 2. Édifice destiné au même usage dans les cimetières où l’on pratique l’incinération.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of columbarium
- columbariums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce columbarium?
- /kɔ.lɔ̃.ba.ʁjɔ̃/
- \kɔ.lɔ̃.ba.ʁjɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to columbarium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is columbarium in French?
columbarium appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).