different between funeral vs elegist

English

Alternative forms

• funerall (obsolete)

Etymology

[1437] Borrowed from Middle French funerailles pl (“funeral rites”), from Medieval Latin f?ner?lia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin f?ner?lis (“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin f?nus (“funeral, death, corpse”), origin unknown, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?ew- (“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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fju?n???l/, /?fju?n??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fjun???l/
• Hyphenation: fu?ne?ral, fun?eral

Noun

funeral (plural funerals)

1. A ceremony to honour and remember a deceased person. Often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
2. (dated, chiefly in the plural) A funeral sermon.

Derived terms

Related terms

• funerary
• funereal

Translations

Adjective

funeral (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of funereal

See also

• cemetery
• mortuary
• obsequy, obsequies

References

• funeral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• funeral at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• -flurane, earnful, flaneur, flurane, flâneur, frenula, real fun

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin f?ner?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /fu.n???al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fu.ne??al/

Adjective

funeral (masculine and feminine plural funerals)

1. funerary, funeral

   Synonyms: funerari, fúnebre

Noun

funeral m (plural funerals)

1. (often in the plural) funeral (ceremony)

Related terms

• fúnebre
• funerari
• funest

Further reading

• “funeral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: fu?ne?ral

Noun

funeral m (plural funerais)

1. funeral (ceremony to honour and bury a deceased person)

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyne?ral/

Noun

funeral m

1. funeral

Related terms

• funerari

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin f?ner?lis, from Latin funus.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fune??aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fun???a?/
• Hyphenation: fu?ne?ral

Noun

funeral m (plural funerais)

1. funeral (ceremony to honour and bury a deceased person)

Adjective

funeral m or f (plural funerais, comparable)

1. funeral (relating to or similar in style or atmosphere to a funeral)

Related terms

• funerário

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin f?ner?lis, from Latin funus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fune??al/, [fu.ne??al]
• Hyphenation: fu?ne?ral

Adjective

funeral (plural funerales)

1. funerary, funeral

   Synonyms: funerario, fúnebre

Noun

funeral m (plural funerales)

1. (often in the plural) funeral (ceremony)

Related terms

• funeraria
• funerario
• fúnebre
• funesto

Further reading

• “funeral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

elegy +? -ist

Noun

elegist (plural elegists)

1. A writer of funeral songs; one who writes in elegiac verse

Translations

• Italian: elegista

Anagrams

• elegits