funereal en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /fjuːˈnɪəɹɪ.əl/ (UK)
Etymology
From Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus + -al.
Meanings
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Of or relating to a funeral.
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.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], pages 293–294:Seven were chosen to push the funereal boat to the water, in honor of the seven faces of god.
2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “Catelyn [Stark]”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 392:
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(figuratively) Similar to or befitting the mood or elements of a funeral: slow; black colors; formal; dignified or solemn.
A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole ſcene.
1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 196:There was something menacing and uncomfortable in the funereal stillness, in the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.
1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:"Sounds curst funereal, Zeb! O my poor nunky! Go fetch 'em, Sergeant, and let me see 'em—'twill distress and pain me I know but—go fetch 'em!"
1918, Jeffery Farnol, Our Admirable Betty:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most funereal | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more funereal | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| funeral | alternative, uncommon | lexicographic |
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Translations (48)
pt funéreo (relating to a funeral) · da begravelses- (relating to a funeral) · sh по̀гребнӣ (relating to a funeral) · ca fúnebre (relating to a funeral) · sv begravnings- (relating to a funeral) · io funerala (relating to a funeral) · nl begrafenis- (relating to a funeral) · ro sepulcral (relating to a funeral) · srn beri (relating to a funeral) · sh pògrebnī (relating to a funeral) · de Beisetzung (relating to a funeral) · it funebre (relating to a funeral) · es fúnebre (relating to a funeral) · ru погреба́льный (relating to a funeral) · cy angladdol (relating to a funeral) · fi hautajais- (relating to a funeral) · pt fúnebre (relating to a funeral) · pt funerário (relating to a funeral) · es funerario (relating to a funeral) · bg погреба́лен (relating to a funeral) · ca funerari (relating to a funeral) · it mortuario (relating to a funeral) · pt funeral (relating to a funeral) · el πένθιμος (relating to a funeral) · cmn 葬 (relating to a funeral) · es fúnebre (figurative) · cs pohřební (relating to a funeral) · ro funerar (relating to a funeral) · fr funéraire (relating to a funeral) · it funereo (relating to a funeral) · pl pogrzebowy (figurative) · la funeralis (relating to a funeral) · la fūnereus (relating to a funeral) · bg траурен (relating to a funeral) · ru похоро́нный (relating to a funeral) · it funerario (relating to a funeral) · eo funebra (relating to a funeral) · no begravelses- (relating to a funeral) · pl pogrzebowy (relating to a funeral) · cmn 葬禮 /葬礼 (relating to a funeral) · fr funèbre (relating to a funeral) · ro funeralii (relating to a funeral) · ro mormântal (relating to a funeral) · ja 葬式の (relating to a funeral) · ca funeral (relating to a funeral) · ko 장례의 (relating to a funeral) · ia funeral (relating to a funeral) · ro funebru (relating to a funeral)