Topic: DEATH
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | funeralis, from Latin funus 'funeral' |
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fu‧ne‧ral
[countable]
[countable]1MX a religious ceremony for burying or cremating (=burning) someone who has died [↪ burial, cremation]:
2 used to warn someone that they, and no one else, must deal with the results of their actions
it's your funeral
spokenWORD FOCUS: die WORD FOCUS: die
a ceremony for someone who has died: funeral a ceremony at which someone who has died is buried or burned
burial when someone's body is put into the ground
cremation when someone's body is burned
hearse a large car that takes the body to the funeral
coffin a box in which someone is buried or carried to the funeral
grave the place where someone is buried
graveyard/cemetery an area where dead people are buried
undertaker someone who arranges funerals
the mourners the people at a funeraldie
➔ See also die
WORD FOCUS: die a ceremony for someone who has died: funeral a ceremony at which someone who has died is buried or burned
burial when someone's body is put into the ground
cremation when someone's body is burned
hearse a large car that takes the body to the funeral
coffin a box in which someone is buried or carried to the funeral
grave the place where someone is buried
graveyard/cemetery an area where dead people are buried
undertaker someone who arranges funerals
the mourners the people at a funeraldie
➔ See also die
