Morgue - English meaning

Morgue – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A mortuary.
Usage examples:
The cadavers were bagged and removed to the city morgue
Synonims:
Mortuary Funeral parlour Funeral chapel Funeral home Chapel of rest Charnel house Dead house Lych-house
noun
A newspaper's collection of miscellaneous information for use in future obituaries.
Usage examples:
A full-time obituaries editor in charge of the morgue

noun
A building, or a room in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept to be examined or until buried

Morgue translation into English

Morgue: translate from English into Chinese

停尸房

Morgue: translate from English into Dutch

Lijkenhuis, Morgue, Lijkenhuisje, Hooghartigheid

Morgue: translate from English into French

Morgue, Archives

Morgue: translate from English into German

Leichenschauhaus, Archiv

Morgue: translate from English into Hindi

मुर्दा घर, मुर्दाघर, शवागार, घमंडी, मग़रूरता, मृत्युलेख, लाश-घर

Morgue: translate from English into Italian

Obitorio

Morgue: translate from English into Korean

거만, 시체 공시소, 신원 불명의 시체 공시소, 참고자료실, 특히 신문사의 참고 자료실

Morgue: translate from English into Russian

Морг, Мертвецкая, Покойницкая, Надменность

Morgue: translate from English into Spanish

Morgue, Depósito de cadáveres, Archivo

Word origin

early 19th century: from French, originally the name of a building in Paris where bodies were kept until identified.

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Morgue – similar words

morgues

noun
A mortuary.
Usage examples:
The cadavers were bagged and removed to the city morgue

noun
A building, or a room in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept to be examined or until buried

Morgues - all meanings in English

Morgue synonims

mortuary

noun
A room or building in which dead bodies are kept, for hygienic storage or for examination, until burial or cremation.
Usage examples:
He also introduced a rickshaw service, which takes unclaimed bodies from the government mortuary fo…

adjective
Relating to burial or tombs.
Usage examples:
Mortuary rituals

noun
A funeral home

Mortuary - all meanings in English

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