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Webster 1913 Edition

Funeral

Fu′ner-al

(fū′nẽr-al)
,
Noun.
[LL.
funeralia
, prop. neut. pl. of
funeralis
of a funeral, fr. L.
funus
,
funeris
, funeral: cf. F.
funérailles
.]
1.
The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; – formerly used in the plural.
King James his
funerals
were performed very solemnly in the collegiate church at Westminster.
Euller.
2.
The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
“The long funerals.”
Pope.
3.
A funeral sermon; – usually in the plural.
[Obs.]
Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his
funerals
.
South.

Fu′ner-al

,
Adj.
[LL.
funeralis
. See
Funeral
,
Noun.
]
Pertaining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead;
as,
funeral
rites, honors, or ceremonies
.
Shak.
–
Fu′ner-al-ly
,
adv.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Funeral

FU'NERAL

,
Noun.
[L. funus, from funale, a cord, a torch, from funis, a rope or cord, as torches were made of cords, and were used in burials among the Romans.]
1.
Burial; the ceremony of buying a dead body; the solemnization of interment; obsequies.
2.
The procession of persons attending the burial of the dead.
3.
Burial; interment.

FU'NERAL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to burial; used at the interment of the dead; as funeral rites, honors or ceremonies; a funeral torch; funeral feast or games; funeral oration.

Definition 2024

funeral

funeral

English

Adjective

A funeral procession in Peru

funeral ‎(not comparable)

  1. Related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

Translations

Noun

funeral ‎(plural funerals)

  1. A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
    No one likes to go to funerals.
  2. (dated, chiefly in the plural) A funeral sermon.
    • South
      Mr. Giles Lawrence preached his funerals.

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Portuguese

Noun

funeral m (plural funerais)

  1. funeral (ceremony to honour and bury a deceased person)

Adjective

funeral m, f ‎(plural funerais, comparable)

  1. funeral (relating to or similar in style or atmosphere to a funeral)

Spanish

Noun

funeral m ‎(plural funerales)

  1. funeral

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Etymology

1437, from Middle French funerailles pl ‎(“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin funeralia ‎(“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin funeralis ‎(“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin funere, ablative of funus ‎(“funeral, death, corpse”), origin unknown, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- ‎(“to die”). Singular and plural used interchangeably in English until circa 1700. The adjective funereal is first attested 1725, by influence of Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from funus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfjuːn(ə)ɹəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfjuːnɚɹəl/

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