funeral

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English

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Etymology

[1437] Borrowed from Middle French funerailles pl (“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin fūnerālia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin fūnerālis (“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin fūnus (“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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French funerail, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin funereus, from funus.

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral, fun‧eral
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Noun

funeral (plural funerals)

  1. A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
    No one likes to go to funerals.
  2. (dated, chiefly in the plural) A funeral sermon.
    • (Can we date this quote by South and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

A funeral procession in Peru

funeral (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of funereal
    • 1852, Benson John Lossing, The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution, page 367:
      All was funeral gloom and hope never whispered its cheering promises there.
    • 1869, William Carleton, Tubber Derg: Or, The Red Well, page 166:
      Indeed I felt it altogether beautiful; and, as the "dying day-hymn stole aloft," the dim sun-beams fell, through a vista of naked motionless trees, upon the coffin, which was borne with a slower and more funeral pace than before, in a manner that threw a solemn and visionary light upon the whole procession.
    • 1888, Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's - Volume 5, page 153:
      There was something dramatic and theatrical in the very funeral ceremonies with which Demetrius was honored.
    • 1998, Lisa M. Klein, The Exemplary Sidney and the Elizabethan Sonneteer, page 15:
      The very funeral pageantry disguised behind-the-scenes struggles for control over Sidney's image.

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References

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fūnerālis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

funeral m or f (masculine and feminine plural funerals)

  1. funerary, funeral
    Synonyms: funerari, fúnebre

Noun

funeral m (plural funerals)

  1. (often in the plural) funeral (ceremony)

Further reading

Galician

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral

Noun

funeral m (plural funerais)

  1. funeral (ceremony to honour and bury a deceased person)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerālis, from Latin funus.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral

Noun

funeral m (plural funerais)

  1. funeral (ceremony to honour and bury a deceased person)

Adjective

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  1. funeral (relating to or similar in style or atmosphere to a funeral)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerālis, from Latin funus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /funeˈɾal/ [fu.neˈɾal]
  • Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral

Adjective

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  1. funerary, funeral
    Synonyms: funerario, fúnebre

Noun

funeral m (plural funerales)

  1. (often in the plural) funeral (ceremony)

Further reading

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