funicular
funicular adjective: of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
Adjective
funicular (not comparable)
Noun
funicular (plural funiculars)
- A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single pair of tracks, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
- England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence. The development of the Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort played a central role in the uptake of funicular railways across England.2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 50
- Synonyms:
- funicular railway, cliff railway
funicular meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Arabic
funicular in Hindi
- rail transit system
- रज्जुरेल rajjurel
funicular in Bengali
- দড়ি, তারের সাহায্যে চালিত রেলগাড়ি, রোপওয়ে রেল
funicular in Arabic
- rail transit system
- سِكَّة حَدِيد مُعَلَّقَة sikkat ḥadīd muʕallaqa, سِكَّة حَدِيد وَتَرِيَّة sikkat ḥadīd watariyya
Synonyms of funicular
Forms of funicular
| plural | funiculars |
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Origin of funicular
From Latin fūniculus (“thinner cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“rope, cord”) + -culus. By surface analysis, funicul(us) + -ar.
Words formed from funicular
Phrases with funicular
Words that rhyme with funicular
- particular
- auricular
- cuticular
- lenticular
- pedicular
- acicular
- canicular
- extracurricular
- perpendicular
- appendicular
- articular
- interclavicular
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- monoauricular
- navicular
- orbicular
- radicular
- reticular
- supraclavicular
- vehicular
- acromioclavicular
- avicular
- biauricular
- canalicular
- clavicular
- cocurricular
- conoauricular
- coracoclavicular
- costoclavicular
- cubicular
- curricular
- diverticular
- epicuticular
- extravehicular
- fascicular
- follicular
- infraclavicular
- interauricular
- intraclavicular
- medioclavicular
- midclavicular
- nonauricular
- omoclavicular
- ossicular
- overparticular
- periauricular
- periclavicular
- postauricular
- postclavicular
- preauricular
- retroauricular
- scapuloclavicular
- sinoauricular
- sternoclavicular
- subauricular
- subclavicular
- temporoauricular
- testicular
- transauricular
- utricular
- ventricular
Questions about funicular
- What does funicular mean?
- Funicular means of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- What is funicular in Hindi?
- Funicular in Hindi is रज्जुरेल (rajjurel). See Funicular meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is funicular?
- Funicular can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near funicular in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: funicular (page history and authors); Funicular (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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