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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNERAL MARCH

funeral march  [ˈfjuːnərəl mɑːtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNERAL MARCH

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Funeral march is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUNERAL MARCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Funeral march

A funeral march is a march, usually in a minor key, in a slow "simple duple" metre, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession. Some such marches are often considered appropriate for use during funerals and other sombre occasions, the most well-known being that of Chopin. Handel uses the name dead march, also used for marches played by a military band at military funerals and executions.

Definition of funeral march in the English dictionary

The definition of funeral march in the dictionary is a slow song or march played at funerals.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUNERAL MARCH


arch
ɑːtʃ
biach
biːˈɑːtʃ
cornstarch
ˈkɔːnˌstɑːtʃ
countermarch
ˈkaʊntəˌmɑːtʃ
Dedeagatch
ˈdɛdeɪɑːˈɡɑːtʃ
frogmarch
ˈfrɒɡˌmɑːtʃ
inarch
ɪnˈɑːtʃ
interarch
ˌɪntərˈɑːtʃ
larch
lɑːtʃ
march
mɑːtʃ
outmarch
ˌaʊtˈmɑːtʃ
overarch
ˌəʊvərˈɑːtʃ
parch
pɑːtʃ
routemarch
ˈruːtˌmɑːtʃ
starch
stɑːtʃ
unstarch
ʌnˈstɑːtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNERAL MARCH

funds
fundus
Fundy
funebre
funebrial
funemployment
Funen
funeral
funeral director
funeral home
funeral oration
funeral parlour
funeral procession
funeral pyre
funeral service
funerary
funereal
funereally
funest
funfair

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNERAL MARCH

approach march
dead march
death march
forced march
hunger march
job search
market research
monarch
nomarch
onward march
operational research
Orange march
polemarch
protest march
quick march
research
search
slow march
the Long March
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Synonyms and antonyms of funeral march in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «funeral march» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNERAL MARCH

Find out the translation of funeral march to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of funeral march from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «funeral march» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

葬礼进行曲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

marcha fúnebre
570 millions of speakers

English

funeral march
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंतिम संस्कार मार्च
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسيرة الجنازة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

похоронный марш
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

marcha fúnebre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেষকৃত্য মার্চ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mars funérailles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perarakan pengebumian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trauermarsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

葬送行進曲
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장례 행진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Marine pangibadah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hành khúc tang lễ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறுதி ஊர்வலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दफन मार्च
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cenaze yürüyüşü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

marcia funebre
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

marsz żałobny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похоронний марш
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

marș funebru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πένθιμο εμβατήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

begrafnis optog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sorgmarsch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sørgemarsj
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of funeral march

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNERAL MARCH»

The term «funeral march» is normally little used and occupies the 117.744 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNERAL MARCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about funeral march

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNERAL MARCH»

Discover the use of funeral march in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to funeral march and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Funeral March
A serial killer who patterns his crimes after scenes in Hitchcock's movies stalks Tinseltown, and LAPD Lieutenant Fred Santomasimo works feverishly to wrap up the bloody case
Frank De Felitta, 1991
2
The Cambridge Companion to Chopin
The Sonata is literally written around a funeral march which had been finished two years before and became the third movement in a four-movement cycle. The choice of a funeral march as the centre of gravity is no accident. Chopin was ...
Jim Samson, 1994
3
Myth and Music: A Semiotic Approach to the Aesthetics of ...
In fact, this funeral march constitutes, not merely for Gotterdammerung but for the entire Ring, a kind of "core lexeme" or musical passage summarizing the most essential mythical and musical content in the whole tetralogy. In fact, from this core ...
Eero Tarasti, 1979
4
New Worlds of Dvořák: Searching in America for the ...
K. Tyl (1882) features a funeral march based on the song "Kde domov muj." At the words "add text," the song by Frantisek Skroup that would later become the Czech national anthem appears in funeral guise. Here the drumrolls are particularly ...
Michael Brim Beckerman, 2003
5
A Practical Guide for Performing, Teaching, and Singing the ...
An interesting but undocumented idea about the funeral march comes from a workshop on the Requiem which Lara Hoggard conducted several years ago, according to Timothy Coker. [Phone conversation, April 10,1998.] It is that it "is based ...
Van Camp, Leonard, Ottley, Jerold
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Répertitres:
Funeral March [÷Dead March + Fr Marche funèbre + Marcia funebre sulla morte d 'un pappagallo + Ger Trauermarsch] PBeethoven: son for pno n.12, in A=, op.26 ( 1800-01), dedic to *Lichnowsky; title of mov.3 Marcia funebre sulla morte d'un ...
François Verschaeve, 2007
7
Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles ...
Incidental music and funeral march from - “Uraiiia and Diarmidf' composed by' Edward Elgar: op. 42; corni I e 11'. London, Novello 6: co., limited. 17686 Co ) yright by Novello & 00., limited, Lon on, England. Class C, XXc, no. 36247, Nov.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1902
8
Interpreting Music
5 Chopin's struggle to “separate” from Beethoven becomes “deeply humanizing” in the Funeral March because “by integrating the march and trio Chopin recognizes that he shares the world with Beethoven; he can still acknowledge their ...
Lawrence Kramer, 2011
9
Bowmar's Adventures in Music Listening: Teacher's guide. Level 1
Materials List playback equipment recording of "Funeral March of a Marionette" Big Book page 1 1 Student Activity Book page 13 Student Coloring Book page 13 crayons, color markers The Composition The "Funeral March of a Marionette" is ...
Leon Burton, Charles R. Hoffer, William Hughes, 1996
10
Shostakovich: A Life
The Shostakovich family was among the nearly 1 million mourners who made their way to the Field of Mars, singing the revolutionary funeral march, "You Fell a Victim." When they returned home that evening, young Mitya played "You Fell a ...
Laurel E. Fay, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNERAL MARCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term funeral march is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bali: An island unlike any other
On an earlier visit to the island last year, for instance, I watched a rather colourful funeral march – unlike in India, the Balinese celebrate every ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
2
Gallipoli centenary of RMA captain
... was given a full military funeral, with the Royal Artillery (Malta) Band playing Chopin's Funeral March at Santa Marija Addolorata Cemetery. «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
3
'People's burial': Thousands march for NPA's Kumander Parago
FUNERAL MARCH. Sympathizers from different parts of Mindanao join the funeral march for communist army leader Leonardo Pitao in Davao ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
4
Colorado Music Festival's 'Deus ex Machina' worthy of accolades
The work is a display of compositional and pianistic muscularity, relentless in its drive, even during the long, profound funeral march that serves ... «Boulder Daily Camera, Jul 15»
5
JUSTICE FOR TANIA
Mourners demand justice for Tania Camille Dee on Sunday in a funeral march in Tondo, Manila, for the bank teller who was murdered in ... «The Manila Times, Jul 15»
6
Thousands Attend Funeral for Palestinian Teen Shot by Israeli Forces
The funeral march went from the Palestine Medical Center in Ramallah to al-Kasbah's house in Qalandia refugee camp before his body was ... «Tasnim News Agency, Jul 15»
7
Insider: Trade of Hibbert was required for Bird's new vision of Pacers
Along on this funeral march, the five-man starting core once considered good enough to pound and bruise their way to the franchise's first NBA ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
8
Velez: The life and mystery of a warrior
A funeral march will be held for his burial in July 10. Aren't these rites reserved for a hero? In death, this man's life has become larger, a symbol ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
9
Poughkeepsie Residents Mourn Central Hudson Rate Hike
To illustrate those concerns, the organization staged a mock funeral march along Main Street and then delivered a coffin bearing the words ... «Hudson Valley News Network, Jul 15»
10
Why have Newcastle United not signed anyone yet? The issues …
It's not the funeral march that it was in 2013 – the signs weren't good from the off that year – but it says a lot that Newcastle were offered the ... «ChronicleLive, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Funeral march [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/funeral-march>. Apr 2024 ».
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