Meaning of state funeral | Babel Free
Definitions
A public funeral ceremony held to honour individuals of national significance.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Staatsbegräbnis
Español
funeral de estado
Suomi
valtiolliset hautajaiset
日本語
国葬
Português
funeral do estado
Tiếng Việt
quốc tang
Examples
“In May 1898, for example, the funeral train of our Mr Gladstone would be brought from his country estate at Hawarden to Westminster station on the District Line via Willesden Junction. One of his biographers notes, 'Victorians saw no indignity in a coffin for a state funeral arriving by Underground.'”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.