noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation, US:/ˈfʌnəl/
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Northern-England:/ˈfʊnəl/
rhymes with -ʌnəl
CMU ARPABET:F AH1 N AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material; typically used when transferring said substances from any container into ones with a significantly smaller opening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; specifically, a smoke flue or pipe; the chimney of a steamship or the like.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Ellipsis of purchase funnel (“the process of customer acquisition conceptualized as a series of stages, from initial awareness (top) to sale or conversion (bottom)”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of fummel (“hybrid animal”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To use a funnel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
7
verb
Meaning 7
To proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel; to condense or narrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
Expect delays where the traffic funnels down to one lane.
2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text A line of clocks in our cheap hotel displays the time in Lagos, Bucharest, Kiev: the capitals of pilgrims who come to kneel at the birthplace of Christ. In reality the entire world funnels through the Church of the Nativity.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
verb
Meaning 8
To channel, direct, or focus (emotions, money, resources, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Our taxes are being funnelled into pointless government initiatives.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
verb
Meaning 9
To consume (beer, etc.) rapidly through a funnel, typically as a stunt at a party.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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10
noun
Meaning 10
(nautical) smokestack consisting of a shaft for ventilation or the passage of smoke (especially the smokestack of a ship)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smokestack, stack
11
noun
Meaning 11
a conically shaped utensil having a narrow tube at the small end; used to channel the flow of substances into a container with a small mouth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: utensil
12
noun
Meaning 12
a conical shape with a wider and a narrower opening at the two ends
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: funnel shape
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cone, conoid, cone shape
13
verb
Meaning 13
move or pour through a funnel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
funnel the liquid into the small bottle
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move, displace
History
Etymology
From Middle English funell, fonel, probably through Old French *founel (compare Middle French fonel, Old Occitan fonilh, enfounilh), from Latin fundibulum, infundibulum (“funnel”), from infundere (“to pour in”); in (“in”) + fundere (“to pour”); compare Breton founilh (“funnel”), Welsh ffynel (“air hole, chimney”). See fuse.
Across languages
Translations
160 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
tregter
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Albanian:
hinkë
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Southern Altai:
воронка
(voronka)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Arabic:
قِمْع
(qimʕ)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Arabic:
قمع
(ʔumʕ)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Armenian:
ձագար
(jagar)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Asturian:
embudu
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Azerbaijani:
qıf
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Azerbaijani:
ağızlıq
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Bashkir:
борғаҡ
(borğaq)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Bashkir:
буранка
(buranka)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Basque:
inbutu
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Basque:
onil
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Belarusian:
ле́йка
(ljéjka)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Bhojpuri:
कीप
(kīp)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Bulgarian:
фуни́я
(funíja)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Burmese:
ကတော့
(ka.tau.)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Catalan:
embut
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Chinese Mandarin:
漏斗
(lòudǒu)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Czech:
nálevka
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Czech:
trychtýř
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Danish:
tragt
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Dutch:
trechter
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Emilian:
ludrèt
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Emilian:
luddra
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Emilian:
lōdra
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Emilian:
lùder
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Emilian:
dvinêl
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Emilian:
buvanèl
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Esperanto:
funelo
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Estonian:
lehter
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Finnish:
suppilo
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Finnish:
tratti
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
French:
entonnoir
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Friulian:
plere
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Galician:
funil
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Galician:
alfunín
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Galician:
embude
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Georgian:
ძაბრი
(ʒabri)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
German:
Trichter
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Greek:
χωνί
(choní)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Greek:
χοάνη
(choáni)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Ancient Greek:
χοάνη
(khoánē)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Ancient Greek:
χωνεῖον
(khōneîon)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Hindi:
कीप
(kīp)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Hungarian:
tölcsér
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Icelandic:
trekt
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Indonesian:
corong
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Irish:
tonnadóir
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Italian:
imbuto
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Italian:
funnel
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Japanese:
漏斗
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Japanese:
ファンネル
(fanneru)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Kazakh:
құйғыш
(qūiğyş)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Khmer:
ជីវឡាវ
(ciiw laaw)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Khmer:
កន្ទោងត្រង
(kɑɑkɑntoong trɑɑng)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Korean:
깔때기
(kkalttaegi)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Korean:
누두
(nudu)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Korean:
루두
(rudu)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Central Kurdish:
ڕەحەتی
(reḧetî)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Northern Kurdish:
mastêrk
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Kyrgyz:
воронка
(voronka)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Kyrgyz:
куйгуч
(kuyguc)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Lao:
ດ່ຽວຈັບ
(diāu chap)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Latin:
fundibulum
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Latin:
infundibulum
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Macedonian:
и́нка
(ínka)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Malay:
corong
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Manx:
tunneyder
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Māori:
kōrere
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Māori:
kōrere wai
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Mongolian:
юүлүүр
(jüülüür)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Mongolian:
ᠶᠡᠭᠦᠯᠡᠭᠦᠷ
(yegülegür)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Norwegian Bokmål:
trakt
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Norwegian Nynorsk:
trakt
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Norwegian Nynorsk:
trekt
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Occitan:
embut
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Occitan:
enfonilh
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Old East Slavic:
лии
(lii)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Persian:
قیف
(qif)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Persian:
بتو
(batu)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Persian:
خوهن
(xuahn)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Persian:
ترجهاله
(tarjehāle)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Persian:
تکاه
(takāh)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Polish:
lejek
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Polish:
lijek
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Old Polish:
lej
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Old Polish:
lij
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Portuguese:
funil
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Quechua:
jumina
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Romanian:
pâlnie
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Russian:
воро́нка
(vorónka)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Scottish Gaelic:
fuineall
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Scottish Gaelic:
pìob-tharraing
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
левак
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
љевак
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
лијевак
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
ли̏јак
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
ли̏ј
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
levak
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
ljevak
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
lijevak
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
lȉjak
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Serbo-Croatian:
lȉj
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Sicilian:
mmutu
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Slovak:
lievik
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Slovene:
lijak
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Slovene:
lȋj
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Somali:
masaf
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Spanish:
embudo
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Spanish:
infundíbulo
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Spanish:
fonil
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Swedish:
tratt
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Tagalog:
embudo
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Tagalog:
brukal
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Tajik:
даҳана
(dahana)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Tajik:
қиф
(qif)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Telugu:
గరాటు
(garāṭu)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Thai:
กรวย
(gruay)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Turkish:
huni
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Ottoman Turkish:
خونی
(huni)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Ottoman Turkish:
قمع
(kamʿ)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Ukrainian:
лі́йка
(líjka)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Uzbek:
moʻri
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Uzbek:
moʻrikon
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Uzbek:
voronka
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Venetan:
inpiria
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Vietnamese:
phễu
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Vietnamese:
quặn
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Welsh:
twndish
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Welsh:
twmffat
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Yiddish:
לייקע
(leyke)
— utensil used to guide poured liquids
Dutch:
door een trechter gieten
— to use a funnel
Finnish:
käyttää suppiloa
— to use a funnel
French:
utiliser un entonnoir
— to use a funnel
Galician:
enfunilar
— to use a funnel
German:
trichtern
— to use a funnel
German:
eintrichtern
— to use a funnel
Hungarian:
tölcsérrel tölt/önt
— to use a funnel
Spanish:
embudar
— to use a funnel
Bulgarian:
стичам се
(stičam se)
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Bulgarian:
стека се
(steka se)
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Dutch:
door een kleiner opening voeren
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Dutch:
kanaliseren
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Finnish:
ahtautua
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
French:
canaliser
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Hungarian:
szűkül
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Hungarian:
összeszűkül
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Hungarian:
elkeskenyedik
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Hungarian:
folyik
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Hungarian:
özönlik
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Hungarian:
áramlik
— to proceed through a narrow gap or passageway akin to a funnel
Dutch:
geld doen circuleren
— to direct (money or resources)
Finnish:
ohjata
— to direct (money or resources)
German:
schleusen
— to direct (money or resources)
Hungarian:
csatornáz
— to direct (money or resources)
Hungarian:
juttat
— to direct (money or resources)
Hungarian:
irányít
— to direct (money or resources)
Spanish:
canalizar
— to direct (money or resources)
Spanish:
encauzar
— to direct (money or resources)