funeral

English

/ˈfjuːnəɹəl/, /ˈfjunəɹəl/

noun
Definitions
  • A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
  • (dated) A funeral sermon.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French funerailles (funeral rites) derived from Latin fūnerālia, fūnerālis, fūnus (funeral, death, corpse) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (die, run, smoke, whirl, waft, steam, flow, haze, stink, shake, vapour, dark, dwindle), *dʰew- (die, run, smoke, whirl, waft, steam, flow, haze, stink, shake, vapour, dark, dwindle).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰew-

Gloss

die, run, smoke, whirl, waft, steam, flow, haze, stink, shake, vapour, dark, dwindle

Concept
Semantic Field

Time

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

暗, 闇, 冥

Emoji
🎲

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