funereal

English

Etymology

From Middle French funerail, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin funereus +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjuːˈnɪəɹɪəl/

Adjective

funereal (comparative more funereal, superlative most funereal)

1. Of or relating to a funeral.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 12]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

     From the belfries far and near the funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.

   • 2000, Goerge RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 474:

     Seven were chosen to push the funereal boat to the water, in honor of the seven faces of god.

2. Similar to a funeral in mood; dignified or solemn.
   • 1900, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek‎^[1], page 171:

     "A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole scene."

   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:

     There was something menacing and uncomfortable in the funereal stillness, in the muffled, subtle trickle of distant brooks, and in the crowding green peaks and black-wooded precipices that choked the narrow horizon.

Translations

relating to a funeral

• Breton: ^{(please verify)} kañv (br) noun in apposition
• Bulgarian: погреба́лен (pogrebálen), траурен (bg) (trauren)
• Catalan: funerari, funeral, fúnebre
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葬禮／葬礼 (zh) (zànglǐ), 葬礼 (zh) (zànglǐ), 葬 (zh) (zàng)

• Czech: pohřební (cs)
• Danish: begravelses-
• Dutch: begrafenis (nl)
• Esperanto: funebra
• Finnish: hautajais-
• French: funéraire (fr), funèbre (fr)
• German: Beisetzung (de)
• Greek: πένθιμος (el) (pénthimos)
• Ido: funerala (io)
• Interlingua: funeral
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: funebre (it), funerario, funereo (it), mortuario
• Japanese: 葬式の (soshiki no)
• Korean: 장례의 (jangnyeui)
• Latin: fūnereus, funeralis (Late)
• Norwegian: begravelses-
• Polish: pogrzebowy (pl)
• Portuguese: funeral (pt), fúnebre (pt), funéreo (pt)
• Romanian: funerar (ro), sepulcral (ro), mormântal (ro), funeralii (ro), funebru (ro)
• Russian: похоро́нный (ru) (poxorónnyj), погреба́льный (ru) (pogrebálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̀гребнӣ

  Roman: pògrebnī (sh)

• Spanish: funerario (es), fúnebre (es), funeral (es)
• Sranan Tongo: beri
• Welsh: angladdol (cy)