Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

ossario

English translation:

ossuary

Added to glossary by lcstranslations
Mar 4, 2014 20:31
10 yrs ago
Italian term

ossario

Italian to English Other Construction / Civil Engineering specs for cemetary buildings
Cimitero XXX. Realizzazione del nuovo ossario e del cenerario.

just specs for building, no real context
sorry for double question, although the terms go together the moderators force me to ask the question twice for both terms
Proposed translations (English)
3 +2 ossuary
4 charnel house
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Elena Zanetti

When entering new questions, KudoZ askers are given an opportunity* to classify the difficulty of their questions as 'easy' or 'pro'. If you feel a question marked 'easy' should actually be marked 'pro', and if you have earned more than 20 KudoZ points, you can click the "Vote PRO" button to recommend that change.

How to tell the difference between "easy" and "pro" questions:

An easy question is one that any bilingual person would be able to answer correctly. (Or in the case of monolingual questions, an easy question is one that any native speaker of the language would be able to answer correctly.)

A pro question is anything else... in other words, any question that requires knowledge or skills that are specialized (even slightly).

Another way to think of the difficulty levels is this: an easy question is one that deals with everyday conversation. A pro question is anything else.

When deciding between easy and pro, err on the side of pro. Most questions will be pro.

* Note: non-member askers are not given the option of entering 'pro' questions; the only way for their questions to be classified as 'pro' is for a ProZ.com member or members to re-classify it.

Proposed translations

+2
5 mins
Selected

ossuary

or ossarium

A place where bones are kept.

Ossuary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossuary‎
An ossuary is a chest, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is ...

Verdun: Douaumont Ossuary and Cemetery
www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_verdun_ossuaire.htm
Douaumont Ossuaire. Sitting on the ridge of Thiaumont and only a few hundred metres away from the fort, Douaumont Ossuaire contains the remains of 130 000 ...

History of Ossuary - Kutná Hora Sedlec
www.ossuary.eu/index.php/en/history-ossuary
The Cemetery Church of All Saints with the Ossuary ... which he sprinkled over the cemetery of Sedlec monastery, consequently the cemetery became famous, ...


Peer comment(s):

agree Rachel Fell
3 hrs
agree Isabelle Johnson
11 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks"
21 mins

charnel house


'ossario' found in these entries
Inglese:

charnel ground - charnel house

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 18 ore (2014-03-05 14:50:23 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnel_house

In countries where ground suitable for burial was scarce, corpses would be interred for approximately five years following death, thereby allowing decomposition to occur. After this, the remains would be exhumed and moved to an ossuary or charnel house, thereby allowing the original burial place to be reused.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 18 ore (2014-03-05 14:51:00 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnel_house

In countries where ground suitable for burial was scarce, corpses would be interred for approximately five years following death, thereby allowing decomposition to occur. After this, the remains would be exhumed and moved to an ossuary or charnel house, thereby allowing the original burial place to be reused.
Something went wrong...

Reference comments

1 hr
Reference:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/government_politics/1943494-ossario.html

Something went wrong...
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search