enterrer.
to bury (put underground); to inter
Meaning & usage
to bury (put underground); to inter
to ditch, to bury (a plan, a memory, a legislative proposal, etc.)
to outlive, to survive (someone)
to hide
enterrer son secret
L’avare enterre ses trésors au lieu d’en jouir.
to enjoy something before it is gone
enterrer sa vie de garçon
to seclude oneself, to withdraw from the world to live in a remote location
(of a horse) to carry the head very low
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French enterrer, from Old French enterrer, from Vulgar Latin *interrāre (“to put into earth”), from Latin terra. Equivalent to en- (“into”) + terre (“earth”) + -er (infinitive marker). Cognate with English inter.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.