hearse
English
/hɜːs/, /hɜɹs/
noun
Definitions
- A hind (female deer) in the second year of her age.
- A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies.
- A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.
- A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
- A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English herse derived from Old French herce derived from Latin hercia, herpicem derived from Oscan 𐌇𐌉𐌓𐌐𐌖𐌔 (wolf).
Origin
Oscan
𐌇𐌉𐌓𐌐𐌖𐌔
Gloss
wolf
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
狼
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cloth English
- enhearse English
- hearsecloth English
- hearseless English
- hearselike English
- hercia Latin
- herpicem Latin
- hirsutus Latin
- hirsuto Spanish, Castilian
- herse Middle English
- herce Old French
- 𐌇𐌉𐌓𐌐𐌖𐌔 Oscan