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Meaning of funeral | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəl

Definitions

  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
  2. A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
  3. A funeral sermon
  4. A funeral sermon.
    dated, in-plural
  5. Alternative spelling of funereal

Equivalents

Afrikaans begrafnis
العربية الجنازة جنازة دفن عزاء
Azərbaycanca cənazə dəfn
Беларуская пахаванне
বাংলা জানাজা
Bosanski погреб
Català funeral funerals
Čeština funus pohřeb
Dansk begravelse
Ελληνικά κηδεία
Esperanto funebro
Español funeral
Eesti matus
Gaeilge sochraid
Galego cabodano funeral
Hrvatski погреб
Magyar temetés
Bahasa Indonesia pemakaman
Íslenska jarðarför útför
Italiano funerale
ქართული დაკრძალვა
Қазақша жерлеу қою
한국어 장례 장례식 장사
Kurdî cenaze defin
Latina fūnus
Lëtzebuergesch Begriefnes
Latviešu bēres
Te Reo Māori tangihanga
Македонски погреб погребување
Монгол оршуулга
Bahasa Melayu pemakaman
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဈာပန မသာ အသုဘ
Nederlands begrafenis
Polski pogrzeb
Português funeral funeral
Српски погреб
Svenska begravning
Kiswahili maziko mazishi
Tagalog burol
Türkçe cenaze defin yuğ
Українська поховання похорон
اردو جنازہ
Tiếng Việt đám ma đám tang lễ tang

Examples

“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 CHILD, Eldeſt daughter of THOMAS CHILD of Northwicke Eſquire. AS I mean not an exerciſe for your modeſty by a flattering Epiſtle, ſo neither doe I intend the renewing of your ſorrows, by preſenting you with the plaine Sermon preach’t at the funerals of your bleſſed Mother.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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