funicular

== English == === Etymology === From Latin fūniculus (“thinner cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“rope, cord”) + -culus. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ) === Adjective === funicular (not comparable) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord. (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed. (geometry) Synonym of catenary. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === funicular (plural funiculars) A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single pair of tracks, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other. Synonyms: funicular railway, cliff railway ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [fu.ni.kuˈlar] IPA(key): (Balearic) [fu.ni.kuˈla] IPA(key): (Valencia) [fu.ni.kuˈlaɾ] === Adjective === funicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural funiculars) funicular === Noun === funicular m (plural funiculars) cable car, funicular === Further reading === “funicular”, 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 “funicular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “funicular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “funicular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === funicular m or f (plural funiculares) funicular (powered by a rope or cable) === Noun === funicular m (plural funiculares) funicular (rail transit system which ascends an incline) === Further reading === “funicular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “funicular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive of fūnis (“cord”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fu.ni.kuˈlaʳ] === Noun === funicular n rope railway == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /funikuˈlaɾ/ [fu.ni.kuˈlaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: fu‧ni‧cu‧lar === Noun === funicular m (plural funiculares) funicular, cable car === Further reading === “funicular”, 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