sarcofaag

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Etymology

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From French sarcophage, from Latin sarcophagus, from Ancient Greek σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, coffin of limestone, noun), so named from a supposed property of consuming the flesh of corpses laid in it, from σαρκοφάγος (sarkophágos, flesh-eating, carnivorous), from genitive σαρκός (sarkós) of σάρξ (sárx, flesh, meat) + -φάγος (-phágos) (from ἔφαγον (éphagon), past of φαγεῖν (phageîn, to eat)).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aːx
  • Hyphenation: sar‧co‧faag

Noun

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sarcofaag m (plural sarcofagen, diminutive sarcofaagje n)

  1. sarcophagus