funeral
A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a…A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
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» Tom couldn't afford to pay for his mother's funeral.
Том не міг собі дозволити заплатити за поховання матері. — deniko
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2 sensesA ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
Many mourners turned up at the local artist's funeral to pay homage.
Bestattung, Beerdigung, Begräbnis
по́хороныpóxorony, погребе́ниеpogrebénije
по́хоронpóxoron, погре́бpohréb, похова́нняpoxovánnja
(dated, in the plural)A funeral sermon.
- a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
Examples
349 sentencesTom couldn't afford to pay for his mother's funeral.
Том не міг собі дозволити заплатити за поховання матері. — deniko
I saw Tom at the funeral.
Я бачила Тома на похованні. — deniko
ruЯ видел Тома на похоронах. — marafon
deIch habe Tom auf der Beerdigung gesehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I attended his funeral.
Я був на похованні. — deniko
ruЯ присутствовал на его похоронах. — marafon
deIch habe seiner Bestattung beigewohnt. — InspectorMustache
I didn't attend his funeral.
Я не пішов на його похорон. — deniko
ruЯ не был на его похоронах. — Balamax
deIch war nicht auf seiner Beerdigung. — al_ex_an_der
Was Tom at the funeral?
Том був на похоронах? — Anjy
ruТом был на похоронах? — marafon
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French funerailles pl (“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin fūnerāliBorrowed from Middle French funerailles pl (“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin fūnerālia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin fūnerālis (“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin fūnus (“funeral, death, corpse”), origin unknown, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“to die”). Singular and plural used interchangeably in English until circa 1700. The adjective funereal is first attested 1725, by influence of Middle French funerail, from Latin funereus, from funus. First attested in 1437.
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Forms
plural: funeralsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated:obsequy
Word family
28 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- for a funeral
- to a funeral
- at the funeral
- the funeral be
- funeral will be
See also
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