| hearse (hûrs) n. 1. A vehicle for conveying a coffin to a church or cemetery. 2. Roman Catholic Church A triangular candelabrum used at Tenebrae during Holy Week. 3. A framelike structure over a coffin or tomb on which to hang epitaphs. [Middle English herse, a harrow-shaped structure for holding candles over a coffin, from Old French herce, from Medieval Latin hercia, from Latin hirpex, hirpic-, harrow, probably from Oscan hirpus, wolf (alluding to its teeth).] |
hearse [hɜːs]
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a vehicle, such as a specially designed car or carriage, used to carry a coffin to a place of worship and ultimately to a cemetary or crematorium
[from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow]
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| Noun | 1. |  hearse - a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicleautomotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
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hearse
n → Leichenwagen m
n hearse [həːs]
a car used for carrying a dead body in a coffin to a cemetery etc. lykswa عَرَبَة أو سَيّارة الموتى катафалка pohřební vůz ligvogn der Leichenwagen νεκροφόρα coche/carro fúnebre surnuvanker آمبولانس نعش كش ruumisauto corbillard רֶכֶב לְהֲסַעַת אָרון מֵתִים शव वाहन mrtvacka kola halottaskocsi mobil jenazah líkvagn carro funebre 霊柩車 영구차 katafalkas katafalks; līķrati kereta mayat lijkwagen likvogn, begravelsesbil karawan carro funerário dric катафалк pohrebný voz mrliški voz mrtvačka kola likbil รถศพ cenaze arabası 靈車 катафалк تابوت گاڑی xe tang 灵车
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