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Etymology
1437, from Middle French funérailles (“‘funeral rites’”) pl., from Mediaeval Latin funeralia (“‘funeral rites’”), originally neut. pl. of Late Latin funeralis (“‘having to do with a funeral’”), from Latin funeris, genitive of funus (“‘funeral, death, corpse’”), origin unknown, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dheu- (“‘to die’”). Singular and plural used interchangeably in English until c. 1700. The adjective funereal is first attested 1725, by influence of Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from funus.
Adjective
funeral (not comparable)
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Positive funeral |
Superlative none (absolute) |
Noun
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Singular funeral |
Plural funerals |
funeral (plural funerals)
- A ceremony to honour of a deceased person.
- No one likes to go to funerals.
Translations
ceremony to honour of a deceased person
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Spanish
Noun
funeral m. (plural funerales)
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Singular funeral m. |
Plural funerales m. |
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