funeral home

English

Noun

funeral home (plural funeral homes)

1. A mortuary where the friends and relatives of the deceased may attend a wake, or pay their last respects.

   Synonym: funeral parlor

   Coordinate terms: deadhouse, morgue

   Near-synonym: mortuary

2. Business that provides interment and funeral services for the dead.

   Synonyms: undertaker's, funeral parlor

Related terms

• funeral director
• funereal

Translations

mortuary

• Armenian: սգո սրահ (sgo srah)
• Catalan: funerària f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 殯儀館／殡仪馆 (ban³ ji⁴ gun²), 音樂廳／音乐厅 (yue) (jam¹ ngok⁶ teng¹)

  Mandarin: 殯儀館／殡仪馆 (zh) (bìnyíguǎn)

• Dutch: uitvaartcentrum (nl) n
• Esperanto: funebrejo
• Finnish: hautaustoimisto (fi)
• French: funérarium (fr) m, chambre funéraire (fr) f
• Galician: funeraria f
• German: Trauerhalle (de) f
• Greek: γραφείο τελετών n (grafeío teletón)
• Indonesian: rumah duka (id)
• Italian: camera ardente f
• Japanese: 斎場 (ja), 葬儀場
• Korean: 장례식장 (jangnyesikjang)
• Mohawk: tsi iontatia’tahráhkhwa’
• Portuguese: tanatório m
• Russian: похоро́нный зал m (poxorónnyj zal)
• Spanish: funeraria (es) f
• Swedish: begravningsbyrå (sv) c
• Tagalog: punerarya
• Vietnamese: nhà quàn, nhà tang lễ

business providing funeral services

• German: Bestattungsinstitut (de) n, Bestattungshaus n
• Hungarian: ravatolozó
• Italian: onoranze funebri f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: begravelsesbyrå n

• Portuguese: funerária (pt) f
• Spanish: funeraria (es) f
• Swedish: begravningsbyrå (sv) c

See also

• deathcare