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 [ˈfjuːnərəl]

n

1.

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]

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 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

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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

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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)

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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

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

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

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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 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

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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