funest

== English == === Etymology === From French funeste, from Latin fūnestus, from fūnus (“funeral; death”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fjuːˈnɛst/ === Adjective === funest (comparative more funest, superlative most funest) (now rare) Causing death or disaster; fatal, catastrophic; deplorable, lamentable. 1663 Sept 17th, John Evelyn in a letter to Dr. Pierce, published 1863 in Diary and correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S., volume 3, page 142: 1716 Nov 7th, quoted from 1742, probably Alexander Pope, God's Revenge Against Punning, from Miscellanies, 3rd volume, page 226: c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Of the Manner of Addressing Clouds, from collection Harmonium: == Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin fūnestus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [fuˈnest] Rhymes: -est === Adjective === funest (feminine funesta, masculine plural funests or funestos, feminine plural funestes) funest Synonym: fatídic === Further reading === “funest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. “funest” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “funest”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “funest”, 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 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French funeste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fyˈnɛst/ Hyphenation: fu‧nest Rhymes: -ɛst === Adjective === funest (comparative funester, superlative meest funest or funestst) funest, disastrous, catastrophic, fatal ==== Declension ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French funeste, from Latin funestus. === Adjective === funest m or n (feminine singular funestă, masculine plural funești, feminine/neuter plural funeste) fatal, deadly ==== Declension ====