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fu·ner·al (fy

a. A ceremony or group of ceremonies held in connection with the burial or cremation of a dead person.

b. Archaic The eulogy delivered or the sermon preached at such a ceremony.

2. The burial procession accompanying a body to the grave.

3. An end or a cessation of existence.

4. Slang A source of concern or care: If he doesn't meet the deadline, it's his funeral.

adj.

Of, relating to, or resembling a funeral.

[Middle English funerelles, funeral rites, from Old French funerailles, from Medieval Latin fnerlia, neuter pl. of fnerlis, funereal, from Late Latin, from Latin fnus, fner-, death rites; see dheu- in Indo-European roots.]

funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl]

a. a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated

b. (as modifier) a funeral service

2. a procession of people escorting a corpse to burial

3. Informal worry; concern; affair that's your funeral

[from Medieval Latin fūnerālia, from Late Latin fūnerālis (adj), from Latin fūnus funeral]

funeral - Once was a torchlight procession, from Latin funis, "torch"—because funerals of the Romans took place at night by torchlight.

See also related terms for torch.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

funeral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, ceremony, observance - a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

burial, entombment, inhumation, interment, sepulture - the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave

sky burial - a traditional Tibetan funeral ritual in which the corpse is exposed to the open air to be eaten by sacred vultures

funeral

noun burial, committal, laying to rest, cremation, interment, obsequies, entombment, inhumation He was given a state funeral.

Translations

funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl]

A. N (= burial) → funeral m, entierro m; (= wake) → velatorio m; (= service) → exequias fpl
state funeral → entierro m or funeral m con honores de estado
that's your funeral! → ¡con tu pan te lo comas!

B. CPD funeral cortège N → cortejo m fúnebre
funeral director N → director(a) m/f de funeraria
funeral home N (US) = funeral parlour funeral march N → marcha f fúnebre
funeral oration N → oración f fúnebre
funeral parlour N → funeraria f
funeral procession N → cortejo m fúnebre
funeral service N → exequias fpl

funeral [ˈfjuːn^ərəl] n

→ enterrement m; (more formal occasion) → obsèques fpl

It's your funeral (= up to you) → C'est ton affaire.
funeral director n → entrepreneur m des pompes funèbres
funeral home (US) n → funérarium m
funeral parlour n → funérarium m
funeral procession n → cortège m funèbre
funeral pyre n → bûcher m, bûcher m funéraire
funeral service n → service m funèbre

funeral

n → Begräbnis nt, → Beerdigung f, → Beisetzung f (form); were you at his funeral? → waren Sie auf seiner Beerdigung?; well, that’s your funeral (inf) → na ja, das ist dein persönliches Pech (inf), → das ist dein Problem (inf)

funeral:

funeral director

n → Beerdigungsunternehmer(in) m(f)

funeral home

n (US) → Leichenhalle f

funeral march

n → Trauermarsch m

funeral parlour

n (Brit) → Leichenhalle f

funeral procession

n → Leichenzug m

funeral pyre

n → Scheiterhaufen m

funeral service

n → Trauergottesdienst m

funeral [ˈfjuːn/ər/əl] n → funerale m; (procession) → corteo funebre; (state funeral) → funerali mpl
that's your funeral! (fam) → è affar tuo!

funeral

n funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl]

the ceremony before the burying or cremation of a dead body A large number of people attended the president's funeral; (also adjective ) a funeral procession. begrafnis جَنازَه погребение pohřeb; pohřební begravelse; begravelses- das Begräbnis, Begräbnis-... κηδεία funeral matus(ed) مراسم خاکسپاری hautajaiset funérailles לְוָויָה क्रिया कर्म pogreb, sprovod; pogrebni temetés upacara pemakaman útför, jarðarför funerale 葬式 장례식 laidotuvės bēres; bēru- upacara pengebumian begrafenis begravelse, gravferd, jordfesting pogrzeb funeral funeralii, înmormântare похороны pohreb; pohrebný pogreb; pogreben sahrana begravning งานศพ cenaze töreni 葬禮 похорон مردے کے تجہیز و تکفین đám tang 葬礼

funeral → جنازة pohřeb begravelse Beerdigung κηδεία funeral hautajaiset enterrement sprovod funerale 葬式 장례식 begrafenis begravelse pogrzeb funeral похороны begravning งานศพ cenaze đám tang 葬礼

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