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mortuario

mortuary

adjective mor-TWAH-ryoh Rare
Body & Health Health & Illness

Origin: From Latin mortuarius (of the dead).

Also means

funerary

Usage Note

Mortuario describes anything relating to death and burial: camera mortuaria ('mortuary/death chamber'), carro mortuario ('hearse'). As a noun, il mortuario (m) refers to a morgue or mortuary building. It is purely formal and clinical — Italians would not use it in casual conversation about someone's death.

Examples

"La salma è stata portata nella camera mortuaria."

Natural Translation

The body was taken to the mortuary chamber.

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