adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a funeral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: funerary
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
funereal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /fjuːˈnɪəɹɪ.əl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Similar to or befitting the mood or elements of a funeral: slow; black colors; formal; dignified or solemn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- funereal gloom
- hollow sepulchral tones
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sepulchral
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus + -al.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: погреба́лен (pogrebálen) — relating to a funeral
- Bulgarian: траурен (trauren) — relating to a funeral
- Catalan: funerari — relating to a funeral
- Catalan: funeral — relating to a funeral
- Catalan: fúnebre — relating to a funeral
- Chinese Mandarin: 葬禮 /葬礼 (zànglǐ) — relating to a funeral
- Chinese Mandarin: 葬 (zàng) — relating to a funeral
- Czech: pohřební — relating to a funeral
- Danish: begravelses- — relating to a funeral
- Dutch: begrafenis- — relating to a funeral
- Esperanto: funebra — relating to a funeral
- Finnish: hautajais- — relating to a funeral
- French: funéraire — relating to a funeral
- French: funèbre — relating to a funeral
- German: Beisetzung — relating to a funeral
- Greek: πένθιμος (pénthimos) — relating to a funeral
- Ido: funerala — relating to a funeral
- Interlingua: funeral — relating to a funeral
- Italian: funebre — relating to a funeral
- Italian: funerario — relating to a funeral
- Italian: funereo — relating to a funeral
- Italian: mortuario — relating to a funeral
- Japanese: 葬式の (soshiki no) — relating to a funeral
- Korean: 장례의 (jangnyeui) — relating to a funeral
- Latin: fūnereus — relating to a funeral
- Latin: funeralis — relating to a funeral
- Norwegian: begravelses- — relating to a funeral
- Polish: pogrzebowy — relating to a funeral
- Portuguese: funeral — relating to a funeral
- Portuguese: fúnebre — relating to a funeral
- Portuguese: funéreo — relating to a funeral
- Portuguese: funerário — relating to a funeral
- Romanian: funerar — relating to a funeral
- Romanian: sepulcral — relating to a funeral
- Romanian: mormântal — relating to a funeral
- Romanian: funeralii — relating to a funeral
- Romanian: funebru — relating to a funeral
- Russian: похоро́нный (poxorónnyj) — relating to a funeral
- Russian: погреба́льный (pogrebálʹnyj) — relating to a funeral
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀гребнӣ — relating to a funeral
- Serbo-Croatian: pògrebnī — relating to a funeral
- Spanish: funerario — relating to a funeral
- Spanish: fúnebre — relating to a funeral
- Sranan Tongo: beri — relating to a funeral
- Swedish: begravnings- — relating to a funeral
- Welsh: angladdol — relating to a funeral
- Spanish: fúnebre — figurative