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funeral en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• [fjɪu̯.nɚəl] (General-American)
• /ˈfju.nəɹ.əl/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈfjuːn.ɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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 Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from funus. First attested in 1437. Displaced native Old English līcþeġnung (literally “dead body service”).

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, uncommon, usually) Alternative spelling of funereal.
   alt of funereal
   • There was something dramatic and theatrical in the very funeral ceremonies with which Demetrius was honored. 1888, Plutarch's Lives: The Translation Called Dryden's - Volume 5, page 153:
   • All was funeral gloom and hope never whispered its cheering promises there. 1852, Benson John Lossing, The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution, page 367:
   • The very funeral pageantry disguised behind-the-scenes struggles for control over Sidney's image. 1998, Lisa M. Klein, The Exemplary Sidney and the Elizabethan Sonneteer, page 15:
   • 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. 1869, William Carleton, Tubber Derg: Or, The Red Well, page 166:

Forms

Relateds

mortuary · obsequy · obsequies · cemetery · celebration of life

Translations (1)

es funeral (funereal)

funeral en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [fjɪu̯.nɚəl] (General-American)
• /ˈfju.nəɹ.əl/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈfjuːn.ɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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 Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from funus. First attested in 1437. Displaced native Old English līcþeġnung (literally “dead body service”).

Meanings

1. A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
   • The taking Away of Righteous & Merciful Perſons muſt be taken to Heart, APPLIED IN A SERMON AT THE FUNERALLS OF Mʳⁱˢ ANNE-MARY CHILD. Wife of THOMAS CHILD Eſq. of North-wick in the Pariſh of Blockley. Worceſter-ſhire.[…]TO THE Exemplarily Vertuous Gentle-woman, his much honoured friend, Mʳˢ ANNE CHILD, Eldeſt daughter of THOMAS CHILD of Northwicke Eſquire. AS I mean not an exerciſe for your modeſty by a flattering Epiſtle, ſo neither doe I intend the renewing of your ſorrows, by preſenting you with the plaine Sermon preach’t at the funerals of your bleſſed Mother. 1661, Giles Collier, The Taking Away of Righteous & Merciful Persons Must Be Taken to Heart, Applied in a Sermon at the Funeralls of Mʳⁱˢ Anne-Mary Child. […], Oxford: […] William Hall:
   • Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.
2. (dated, in-plural) A funeral sermon.

Forms

Deriveds

funeralist · funeralgoer · funeral-goer · funeral celebrant · funeral parlour · funeral procession · funeral potatoes · jazz funeral · pauper's funeral · funeral store · funeral pie · funeral march · funeral parlor · it's one's funeral · funeral rite · postfuneral · funeral biscuit · the corpse at every funeral · mass funeral · paupers' funerals · the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral · public health funeral · Mormon funeral potatoes · nonfuneral · funeral door · funeral director · it's someone's funeral · prefuneral · funeral service · cyberfuneral · arrange someone's funeral · funeral pyre · you'll be late for your own funeral · funeralize · state funeral · funeral doom · funeral home

Relateds

funereal · funerary

Translations (171)

tl burol (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · hi क्रियाकर्म (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fa-cls دَفْن (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · wa etermint (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · az dəfn (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · tr cenaze (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · el κηδεία (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · de Bestattung (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · pdt Bejrafniss (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh dženáza (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mfe lanterman (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · is útför (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sa अन्त्येष्टि (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · kk қою (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · yue 葬禮 /葬礼 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ota جنازه (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ky тажия (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · gu અંત્યેષ્ટિ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · gl funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ltg bēris (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · hy հոգեհանգիստ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · uz dafn (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · de Begräbnis (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · nl begrafenis (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · es funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ru погребе́ние (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sa अन्त्यक्रिया (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ga sochraid (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · la fūnus (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fo gravarferð (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sq funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh spròvod (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ms pengebumian (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · et matused (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · lv bēres (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · arz جنازة (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · id pemakaman (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mk погребување (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ia funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ar دَفْن (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh pògreb (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · it funerale (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · be хаўту́ры (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · grc κηδεία (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mn оршуулга (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · br obidoù (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · hi अंत्येष्टि (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ja 葬儀 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh по̀греб (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh џена́за (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · km បុណ្យខ្មោច (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · lb Begriefnes (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mfe fineray (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ar جَنَازَة (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ur جَنازَہ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · uk погре́б (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · he הלויה (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · vi lễ tang (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · gu દફનવિધિ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · cs pohřeb (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · tk jynaza (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · acw عزا (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ast funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · acw عزا (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ko 장사 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · kk жерлеу (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · io funero (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ms pemakaman (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · tr yuğ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fa-cls جَنَازَه (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ko 장례 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · hu temetés (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · af janaza (Moesliemafrikaans) (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fo jarðarferð (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · km ពិធីបុណ្យសព (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ur تَجْہِیز و تَکْفِین (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ro îngropare (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ar عَزَاء (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · aii ܠܘܼܘܵܝܵܐ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fa-ira جَنازِه (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · he הלוויה (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mfe obsek (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · bn জানাজা (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · be пахава́нне (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ro înhumare (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fi hautajaiset (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sk pohreb (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fa-ira دَفْن (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ko 장례식 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · izh peittäjäiset (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mk погреб (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · cy cynhebrwng (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ro înmormântare (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · kri bɛrin (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · tr defin (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · cy angladd (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · pt funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sl pogreb (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · tg ҷаноза (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · yi לוויה (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ru по́хороны (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fa-ira جِنازِه (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · gl cabodano (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · eo funebro (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sw mazishi (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mt funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · da bistættelse (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · arc לווייתא (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ca funerals (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · nb begravelse (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · hu gyászszertartás (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · nv yóóʼ eʼelnééh (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · cmn 喪事 /丧事 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sw maziko (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · hi जनाज़ा (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ur دَفْن (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mi tangihanga (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · az cənazə (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · uk по́хорон (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · om sirna awaalaa (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · prs دَفْن (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh спро̀вод (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · my ဈာပန (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · yue 喪事 /丧事 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · de Beerdigung (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fr funérailles (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · gu જનાજો (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ceb lubong (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · uz dafn marosimi (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · et matus (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · pl pogrzeb (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ug ئۇزىتىش مۇراسىمى (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ur کِرْیا کَرْم (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · izh hautajaiset (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ka დაკრძალვა (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · tg дафн (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ug دەپنە مۇراسىمى (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · is jarðarför (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · th งานศพ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sv begravning (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · tt җеназа (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ckb چەماوەر (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · hy թաղում (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ca funeral (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ro mormântare (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · izh mätökset (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · bg погребе́ние (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · vi đám tang (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · da begravelse (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · my အသုဘ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · vi đám ma (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · he לְוָיָה (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · eo enterigiro (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · kmr cenaze (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · uk похова́ння (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ang līcþeġnung (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · my မသာ (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · cmn 葬禮 /葬礼 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ja 葬式 (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh са̀храна (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sq varrmihje (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · fr obsèques (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · af begrafnis (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · ps جنازه (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · lt laidotuvės (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · he לוויה (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · mi uhunga (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · prs جَنَازَه (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · nb jordfestelse (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · sh sàhrana (ceremony to honour a deceased person) · lo ການປົງສົບ (ceremony to honour a deceased person)

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