funeral

== English == === Alternative forms === funerall (obsolete) === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl/, /ˈfjuːn.ɹəl/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfju.nə.ɹəl/, /ˈfju.nɚ.əl/ Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral, fun‧eral Rhymes: -uːnəɹəl, -uːnɹəl === Noun === funeral (plural funerals) A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased. (dated, chiefly in the plural) A funeral sermon. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== funerary funereal ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === funeral (not generally comparable, comparative more funeral, superlative most funeral) (uncommon) Alternative spelling of funereal. === See also === celebration of life cemetery mortuary obsequy, obsequies === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “funeral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “funeral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === -flurane, earnful, flaneur, flurane, flâneur, frenula, unflare == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin fūnerālis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [fu.nəˈɾal] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fu.neˈɾal] Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral === Adjective === funeral m or f (masculine and feminine plural funerals) funerary, funeral Synonyms: funerari, fúnebre === Noun === funeral m (plural funerals) (often in the plural) funeral (ceremony) ==== Related terms ==== fúnebre funerari funest === References === “funeral”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “funeral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /funeˈɾal/ [fu.neˈɾɑɫ] Rhymes: -al Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral === Noun === funeral m (plural funerais) funeral (ceremony to honour and bury a deceased person) == Piedmontese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fyneˈral/ === Noun === funeral m funeral ==== Related terms ==== funerari == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerālis, from Latin funus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portigal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: fu‧ne‧ral === Noun === funeral m (plural funerais) funeral (ceremony to honour and bury a deceased person) ==== Usage notes ==== In Portuguese, it is more common to refer to the wake (velório) than to the funeral. === Adjective === funeral m or f (plural funerais) funeral; funerary (relating to a funeral) Synonyms: fúnebre, funerário (literary) funeral; gloomy; dreary Synonyms: fúnebre, funesto, lúgubre ==== Related terms ==== fúnebre funerária funerário funéreo funesto === See also === velório enterro sepultamento === Further reading === “funeral”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “funeral”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin fūnerālis, from Latin funus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /funeˈɾal/ [fu.neˈɾal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: fu‧ne‧ral === Adjective === funeral m or f (masculine and feminine plural funerales) funerary, funeral Synonyms: funerario, fúnebre === Noun === funeral m (plural funerales) funeral (ceremony) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “funeral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025