Meaning of funeral | Babel Free
ˈfjuː.nə.ɹəlDefinitions
- A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased
- A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
- A funeral sermon
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A funeral sermon. dated, in-plural
- Alternative spelling of funereal
Equivalents
Afrikaans
begrafnis
Беларуская
пахаванне
বাংলা
জানাজা
Bosanski
погреб
Dansk
begravelse
Ελληνικά
κηδεία
Esperanto
funebro
Español
funeral
Eesti
matus
Gaeilge
sochraid
Hrvatski
погреб
Magyar
temetés
Bahasa Indonesia
pemakaman
Italiano
funerale
ქართული
დაკრძალვა
ខ្មែរ
បុណ្យខ្មោច
Latina
fūnus
Lëtzebuergesch
Begriefnes
Latviešu
bēres
Te Reo Māori
tangihanga
Монгол
оршуулга
Bahasa Melayu
pemakaman
Nederlands
begrafenis
Polski
pogrzeb
Српски
погреб
Svenska
begravning
Tagalog
burol
اردو
جنازہ
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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