funeral

fu·ner·al  (fynr-l)

n.

1.

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.

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[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.]

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funeral

Noun

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

2. it's your funeral Informal a mistake has been made and you alone will be responsible for its consequences

Adjective

of or for a funeral [Latin funus]

funerary adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

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funeral

noun burial, committal, laying to rest, cremation, interment, obsequies, entombment, inhumation

Translations

funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] n (= burial) → entierro (= ceremony); funerales mpl

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funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] n → enterrement m, obsèques fpl (more formal occasion)

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funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] n → Beerdigung f

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funeral [ˈfjuːnərəl] n → funerale m

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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; 장례식의 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