funeral

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Etymology

1437, from Middle French funerailles (“funeral rites”) pl, from Medieval Latin funeralia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin funeralis (“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin funere, ablative of funus (“funeral, death, corpse”), origin unknown, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”). Singular and plural used interchangeably in English until circa 1700. The adjective funereal is first attested 1725, by influence of Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from funus.

Adjective

funeral (not comparable)

1. Related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

Translations

relating to the ceremony

• Breton: kañv noun in apposition
• Bulgarian: погребален m (pogrebalen)
• Chinese: 葬 (zàng); 葬礼/葬禮 (zàng lĭ)
• Danish: begravelses- (da)
• Dutch: begrafenis (nl)
• Finnish: hautajais-
• French: funéraire (fr)
• German: Beisetzung (de)
• Interlingua: funeral
• Italian: funebre (it) m and f, funerario (it) m, funereo (it) m, mortuario (it) m
• Japanese: 葬式の (soshiki no)
• Korean: 장례의 (jangrye e)

• Latin: funeralis
• Norwegian: begravelses- (no)
• Polish: pogrzebowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: funeral (pt)
• Romanian: funerar (ro), sepulcral (ro), mormântal (ro)
• Russian: похоронный (ru) (poxorónnyj), погребальный (ru) (pogr'ebál'nyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀гребнӣ (sh)

  Roman: pògrebnī (sh)

• Spanish: funeral (es)
• Sranan Tongo: beri
• Welsh: angladdol

Noun

funeral (plural funerals)

1. A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person.

   No one likes to go to funerals.

2. (dated, chiefly plural) A funeral sermon.
   • South

     Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals.

Translations

ceremony to honour of a deceased person

• Arabic: جنازة (ar) (janaaza) f
• Armenian: թաղում (hy) (t'aġum)
• Breton: obidoù pl
• Bulgarian: погребение (bg) (pogrebeniye) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葬禮 (cmn), 葬礼 (cmn) (zànglǐ)

• Czech: pohřeb (cs) m
• Danish: begravelse (da) c, bistættelse (da)
• Dutch: begrafenis (nl) f
• Finnish: hautajaiset (fi) pl
• French: funérailles (fr) f pl, obsèques (fr) f pl
• German: Bestattung (de), Beerdigung (de) f, Begräbnis (de) n
• Greek: κηδεία (el) (kiδía) f
• Hebrew: לוויה (he) (levayá) f
• Hindi: क्रिया कर्म (hi) (kriyā-karm) m, (Islam) जनाज़ा (hi) (janāzā) m
• Icelandic: útför (is)
• Indonesian: pemakaman (id)
• Interlingua: funeral
• Italian: funerale (it) m
• Japanese: 葬式 (ja) (そうしき, sōshiki), 葬儀 (ja) (そうぎ, sōgi)
• Korean: 장례 (ko) (jangnye)
• Krio: berin
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: چه‌ماوه‌ر

• Latgalian: bēris
• Latin: nom. funus, gen. funeris
• Latvian: bēres (lv)
• Lithuanian: laidotuvės
• Luxembourgish: Begriefnes (lb) n
• Norwegian: begravelse (no) m, jordfestelse (no) m
• Persian: جنازه (fa) (janâze, jenâze)
• Polish: pogrzeb (pl) m
• Portuguese: funeral (pt) m
• Romanian: înmormântare (ro) f, îngropare (ro) f, înhumare (ro) f, mormântare (ro) f
• Russian: похороны (ru) (póxorony) pl, погребение (ru) (pogrebénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са̀храна (sh) f, по̀греб (sh) m, спро̀вод (sh) m, (Islam) џена́за (sh) f

  Roman: sàhrana (sh) f, pògreb (sh) m, spròvod (sh) m, (Islam) dženáza (sh) f

• Spanish: funeral (es) m, entierro (es) m
• Swedish: begravning (sv) c
• Turkish: cenaze (tr)
• Urdu: کریاکرم (ur) (kriyā-karm) m, جنازہ (ur) (janāzā, jināzā) m
• Vietnamese: đám tang (vi)
• Welsh: angladd (cy) m and f, cynhebrwng (cy) m

Related terms

• cemetery
• funerary
• funereal
• mortuary

Derived terms

• funeral director
• funeral parlour

Anagrams

• flaneur
• frenula

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Spanish

Noun

funeral m (plural funerales)

1. funeral

Synonyms

• entierro

Related terms

• funeraria
• fúnebre