funeral

CEFRB1

/ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A ceremony held after someone dies.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A funeral sermon.

Examples

  • No musician would have thought of playing that music at the funeral.

  • The lady's funeral was held at the local church.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [fjɪu̯.nɚəl]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.

More examples

In context

  • Hundreds of people attended the funeral.

  • Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.

  • All was funeral gloom and hope never whispered its cheering promises there.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Middle French funerailles pl (“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin fūnerālia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin fūnerālis (“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin fūnus (“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. First attested in 1437. Displaced native Old English līcþeġnung (literally “dead body service”).