Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
A mortuary where the friends and relatives of the deceased may attend a wake, or pay their last respects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: funeral parlor, mortuary
Antonyms: none provided
Business that provides interment and funeral services for the deceased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: undertaker's, funeral parlor
Antonyms: none provided
a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral-residence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: morgue, mortuary, dead room
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Armenian:
սգո սրահ
(sgo srah)
— mortuary
-
Catalan:
funerària
— mortuary
-
Chinese Cantonese:
殯儀館 /殡仪馆
— mortuary
-
Chinese Cantonese:
音樂廳 /音乐厅
(jam1 ngok6 teng1)
— mortuary
-
Chinese Mandarin:
殯儀館 /殡仪馆
(bìnyíguǎn)
— mortuary
-
Dutch:
uitvaartcentrum
— mortuary
-
Esperanto:
funebrejo
— mortuary
-
Finnish:
hautaustoimisto
— mortuary
-
French:
funérarium
— mortuary
-
French:
chambre funéraire
— mortuary
-
Galician:
funeraria
— mortuary
-
German:
Trauerhalle
— mortuary
-
Greek:
γραφείο τελετών
(grafeío teletón)
— mortuary
-
Indonesian:
rumah duka
— mortuary
-
Italian:
camera ardente
— mortuary
-
Japanese:
斎場
— mortuary
-
Japanese:
葬儀場
— mortuary
-
Korean:
장례식장
(jangnyesikjang)
— mortuary
-
Mohawk:
tsi iontatia’tahráhkhwa’
— mortuary
-
Portuguese:
tanatório
— mortuary
-
Russian:
похоро́нный зал
(poxorónnyj zal)
— mortuary
-
Spanish:
funeraria
— mortuary
-
Swedish:
begravningsbyrå
— mortuary
-
Tagalog:
punerarya
— mortuary
-
Vietnamese:
nhà quàn
— mortuary
-
Vietnamese:
nhà tang lễ
— mortuary
-
German:
Bestattungsinstitut
— business providing funeral services
-
German:
Bestattungshaus
— business providing funeral services
-
Hungarian:
ravatolozó
— business providing funeral services
-
Italian:
onoranze funebri
— business providing funeral services
-
Norwegian Bokmål:
begravelsesbyrå
— business providing funeral services
-
Portuguese:
funerária
— business providing funeral services
-
Spanish:
funeraria
— business providing funeral services
-
Swedish:
begravningsbyrå
— business providing funeral services