funeral
Syllables: fu·ne·ral/ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl//ˈfju.nəɹ.əl/
funeral noun: a ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased. Also the alternative spelling of funereal.
Noun
funeral (plural funerals)
- A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
- Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.
- The taking Away of Righteous & Merciful Perſons muſt be taken to Heart, APPLIED IN A SERMON AT THE FUNERALLS OF Mʳⁱˢ ANNE-MARY CHILD. Wife of THOMAS CHILD Eſq. of North-wick in the Pariſh of Blockley. Worceſter-ſhire.[…]TO THE Exemplarily Vertuous Gentle-woman, his much honoured friend, Mʳˢ ANNE...1661, Giles Collier, The Taking Away of Righteous & Merciful Persons Must Be Taken to Heart, Applied in a Sermon at the Funeralls of Mʳⁱˢ Anne-Mary Child. […], Oxford: […] William Hall
- A funeral sermon.
Also used as
funeral is also the alternative spelling of funereal.
funeral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
funeral in Hindi
- ceremony to honour a deceased person
- क्रियाकर्म kriyākarm, अंत्येष्टि antyeṣṭi, जनाज़ा janāzā
funeral in Tamil
- இறுதிச் சடங்கு
funeral in Marathi
- अंत्यसंस्कार, अंत्यविधी
funeral in Urdu
- ceremony to honour a deceased person
- جَنازَہ janāza, کِرْیا کَرْم kiryā karm, تَجْہِیز و تَکْفِین tajhīz o takfīn, دَفْن dafn
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- funeral in Bengali
- জানাজা janaja
- funeral in Telugu
- అంత్యక్రియల
- funeral in Malayalam
- ശവസംസ്കാരം
- funeral in Kannada
- ಅಂತ್ಯಕ್ರಿಯೆ
- funeral in Punjabi
- ਅੰਤਿਮ ਸੰਸਕਾਰ, ਅੰਤਿਮ-ਸੰਸਕਾਰ
- funeral in Gujarati
- દફનવિધિ daphanvidhi, જનાજો janājo, અંત્યેષ્ટિ antyeṣṭi
- funeral in Sanskrit
- अन्त्येष्टि antyeṣṭi, अन्त्यक्रिया antyakriyā
- funeral in Nepali
- अन्त्येष्टि, अन्तिम संस्कार, अन्त्येष्टि-संस्कार
- funeral in Pashto
- جنازه janāza
- funeral in Tagalog
- burol
- funeral in Arabic
- جَنَازَة janāza, دَفْن dafn, عَزَاء ʕazāʔ
- funeral in Malay
- pengebumian, pemakaman
- funeral in Indonesian
- pemakaman
- funeral in Thai
- งานศพ ngaan-sòp
- funeral in Vietnamese
- đám tang, đám ma, lễ tang
- funeral in Myanmar
- ဈာပန jhapa.na., အသုဘ a.su.bha., မသာ ma.sa
Examples of funeral in a sentence
- I managed to murmur some words of consolation as I left the funeral.
- Our party formed a train at the funeral parlor before departing for the burial.
- This is supposed to be a party, but it feels more like a funeral!
Forms of funeral
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | funerals |
| alternative form (obsolete) | funerall |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more funeral |
| superlative | most funeral |
Origin of funeral
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”).
Words formed from funeral
- arrange someone's funeral
- cyberfuneral
- funeral biscuit
- funeral celebrant
- funeral director
- funeral doom
- funeral door
- funeral-goer
- funeralgoer
- funeral home
- funeralist
- funeralize
- funeral march
- funeral parlor
- funeral parlour
- funeral pie
- funeral potatoes
- funeral procession
- funeral pyre
- funeral rite
- funeral service
- funeral store
- it's one's funeral
- it's someone's funeral
- jazz funeral
- mass funeral
- Mormon funeral potatoes
- nonfuneral
- pauper's funeral
- paupers' funerals
- postfuneral
- prefuneral
- public health funeral
- state funeral
- the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral
- the corpse at every funeral
- you'll be late for your own funeral
Phrases with funeral
- funeral pies
- funeral doors
- funeral homes
- funeral pyres
- funeral rites
- funeral marches
- funeral parlors
- funeral biscuits
- funeral parlours
- funeral directors
- funeral celebrants
- funeral processions
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Questions about funeral
- What does funeral mean?
- Funeral means a ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
- What is funeral in Hindi?
- Funeral in Hindi is क्रियाकर्म (kriyākarm), अंत्येष्टि (antyeṣṭi), जनाज़ा (janāzā). See Funeral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is funeral?
- Funeral is a noun.
- How do you pronounce funeral?
- Funeral is pronounced /ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of funeral?
- The plural of funeral is funerals.
Words near funeral in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: funeral (page history and authors); funeral (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); funeral (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); funeral (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); funeral (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); funeral (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); funeral (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); funeral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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