sépulcre
French, noun/se.pylkʁ/
sépulcre is spelled S-É-P-U-L-C-R-E (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written French, the 31,386th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sépulcre is a French masculine noun meaning “sepulchre (burial chamber)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Monument destiné à recevoir un mort”.
What does sépulcre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesepulchre (burial chamber)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Monument destiné à recevoir un mort. 2. Ténèbres. 3. Cavité dans le roc, naturelle ou taillée artificiellement.
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 sépulcre
- sépulcres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sépulcre?
- /se.pylkʁ/
- \se.pylkʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sépulcre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sépulcre in French?
sépulcre appears 1.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).