cairn

kɛʁ

Definition

Definition of cairn - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

repèrepile de pierres servant à marquer un chemin

Le randonneur suit les cairns pour ne pas se perdre en montagne.

balise

monticule

repère

sépulturetas de pierres empilées sur une tombe

Les archéologues ont découvert un ancien cairn dans la nécropole.

amas de pierres

monument funéraire

tumulus

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Images of cairn

pile de pierres servant à marquer un chemin
tas de pierres empilées sur une tombe

Expressions with cairn

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cairn terrier

race de petit chien écossais aux oreilles dressées et poil dur

Mon cairn terrier adore creuser des trous dans le jardin.

Origin of cairn

gaélique, carn (tas de pierres)

Examples of cairn in a sentence

Ils ont construit un cairn pour indiquer la source d’eau.
Un cairn marque l’emplacement de la sépulture.
Ils ont construit un cairn en mémoire du défunt.

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English:cairn, burial mound, ...
German:Steinmann, Cairn, ...
Italian:ometto, tumulo di pietre, ...
Spanish:cairn, túmulo de piedras, ...
Portuguese:mariola, mamoa, ...
Chinese:石堆路标, 石冢, ...
Japanese:ケルン, 石塚, ...
Arabic:ركام حجارة, ركام حجري, ...
Hebrew:קֵרֶן, ...
Russian:каменная куча, каменная насыпь, ...
Ukrainian:каїрн, каменяна могила, ...
Catalan:piló de pedres, cairn, ...
Danish:varde, ...
Dutch:steenman, grafheuvel, ...
Greek:κέρνος, κέρν, ...
Hungarian:kőrakás, kősír, ...
Khmer:គំនរថ្ម, គំនរថ្មជង់លើផ្នូរ, ...
Korean:케른, 돌무더기 무덤, ...
Polish:kopczyk, kopiec kamieni, ...
Portuguese (BR):cairn, montinho de pedras, ...
Romanian:grămadă de pietre, morman de pietre, ...
Swedish:röse, ...
Thai:กองหินบอกทาง, กองหินสุสาน, ...
Turkish:taş yığını, mezar taşı yığını, ...
Vietnamese:chồng đá chỉ đường, mộ đá xếp, ...

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