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noun, masculine

tombeau

/tɔ̃.bo/

noun, masculine/tɔ̃.bo/plural: tombeaux

tomb

Related: à tombeau ouvert

Inherited from Middle French tumbeau, from Old French tumbel, tombel, diminutive of tumbe, from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos). By surface analysis, tombe + -eau.