catafalco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kă'təfălʹkō
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkoʊ/

Noun

catafalco (plural catafalcoes)

1. Alternative form of catafalque

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈfalko/ [kɑ.t̪aˈfɑɫ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -alko
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fal‧co

Noun

catafalco m (plural catafalcos)

1. catafalque, catafalco

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, derived from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”). Also influenced scaffold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfal.ko/
• Rhymes: -alko
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fàl‧co

Noun

catafalco m (plural catafalchi)

1. catafalque (platform used to display or convey a coffin)
2. hearse, bier
3. (figurative, humorous) something excessively voluminous or cumbersome
4. stage (elevated platform for performances)

Descendants

• → English: catafalco
• → French: catafalque
  • → English: catafalque
• → Galician: catafalco
• → Portuguese: catafalco
• → Spanish: catafalco

Further reading

• catafalco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfaw.ku/ [ka.taˈfaʊ̯.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfaw.ku/ [ka.taˈfaʊ̯.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfaw.ko/ [ka.taˈfaʊ̯.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tɐˈfal.ku/ [kɐ.tɐˈfaɫ.ku]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alku, (Brazil) -awku
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fal‧co

Noun

catafalco m (plural catafalcos)

1. catafalque, catafalco

   Synonym: essa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kataˈfalko/ [ka.t̪aˈfal.ko]
• Rhymes: -alko
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧fal‧co

Noun

catafalco m (plural catafalcos)

1. catafalque, catafalco

Further reading

• “catafalco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014