fossoyer

fɔswaje

fossoiefossoientfossoiera

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Definition of fossoyer - Reverso French Dictionary

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enterrement

Dated

enterrer un mort dans une fosse

Dated

Ils ont fossoyé le défunt dans le caveau familial.

ensevelir

inhumer

cimetière

Dated

creuser une fosse pour une sépulture dans un cimetière

Dated

Le fossoyeur doit fossoyer plusieurs tombes avant l'enterrement.

fortification

Dated

entourer un lieu en creusant des fossés tout autour

Dated

Les soldats ont fossoyé le camp pour le protéger des attaques.

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Origin of fossoyer

français, fosse (trou) + -oyer (verbe faire)

Examples of fossoyer in a sentence

On a fossoyé les victimes dans le cimetière du village.
On a dû fossoyer en urgence une tombe supplémentaire après le drame.
Il a appris à fossoyer auprès de son père, gardien du cimetière.
Ils ont fossoyé le village avant l’arrivée de l’ennemi.
On fossoya même les abords du château pour renforcer la défense.

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English:bury, dig a grave, ...
German:begraben, ein Grab ausheben, ...
Italian:seppellire, scavare una fossa, ...
Spanish:enterrar, cavar una fosa, ...
Portuguese:enterrar, abrir uma cova, ...
Chinese:下葬, 挖墓穴, ...
Japanese:埋葬する, 墓穴を掘る, ...
Arabic:دفن, حَفَرَ, ...
Hebrew:לִקְבֹּר בְּקֶבֶר, לַחְפּוֹר קֶבֶר, ...
Russian:похоронить, копать могилу, ...
Ukrainian:ховати, копати могилу, ...
Catalan:enterrar, cavar una fossa, ...
Danish:begrave, grave en grav, ...
Dutch:begraven, grafdelven, ...
Greek:θάβω σε λάκκο, σκάβω τάφο, ...
Hungarian:sírba temetni, sírgödröt ásni, ...
Khmer:បញ្ចុះសព, ជីកផ្នូរ, ...
Korean:매장하다, 무덤을 파다, ...
Polish:pochować, kopać grób, ...
Portuguese (BR):enterrar, cavar uma cova, ...
Romanian:a îngropa, a săpa o groapă, ...
Swedish:begrava, gräva en grav, ...
Thai:ฝังศพ, ขุดหลุมฝังศพ, ...
Turkish:gömmek, mezar kazmak, ...
Vietnamese:chôn cất, đào huyệt, ...

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