Complete Definition of "sarcophagus"

Image:Sarkophag.JPG|thumb|right|A sarcophagus.
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English

Etymology
From AGr. �ά�ξ (flesh, meat; genit. �α�κ��) + -�άγο� (< polytonic|��αγον: past of ���γ�, eat)

Noun
sarcophagus (Plural: sarcophagi or sarcophaguses)

  1. A stone coffin, often inscribed or decorated with sculpture.
  2. informal The cement and steel structure that encases the destroyed reactor at the power station in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
Translations
trans-top|coffin
Arabic: ARchar|�ا��س
Belarusian: �а�ка�аг m
Bosnian: t-|bs|sarkofag|m
Bulgarian: �а�ко�аг#Bulgarian|�а�ко�аг m
Croatian: t-|hr|sarkofag|m
Czech: t+|cs|sarkofág|m
Danish: t-|da|sarkofag
Dutch: sarcofaag f
Finnish: sarkofagi
French: t+|fr|sarcophage
German: t+|de|Sarkophag|m
Greek: t|el|�α�κο�άγο�|f|sc=Grek
Hebrew: ק��סק�ע
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Hungarian: szarkofág
Italian: t-|it|sarcofago
Japanese: t-|ja|�棺|sc=Jpan
Polish: t-|pl|sarkofag|m
Portuguese: sarcófago m
Romanian: sarcofag
Russian: �а�ко�аг#Russian|�а�ко�аг m
Serbian:

Spanish: sarcófago
Swedish: t-|sv|sarkofag|c
Ukrainian: �а�ко�аг#Ukrainian|�а�ко�аг m
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trans-top|steel structure
Belarusian: �а�ка�аг
Finnish: sarkofagi
trans-mid
Japanese: t-|ja|�棺|sc=Jpan
Polish: t-|pl|sarkofag|m
Russian: �а�ко�аг#Russian|�а�ко�аг m
Ukrainian: �а�ко�аг#Ukrainian|�а�ко�аг m
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