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On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.
Cecil Beaton

Meaning of "funereal" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FUNEREAL

From Latin fūnereus.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNEREAL

funereal  [fjuːˈnɪərɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNEREAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Funereal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FUNEREAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of funereal in the English dictionary

The definition of funereal in the dictionary is suggestive of a funeral; gloomy or mournful Also: funebrial,.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUNEREAL


antibacterial
ˌæntɪbækˈtɪərɪəl
ariel
ˈɛərɪəl
arterial
ɑːˈtɪərɪəl
bacterial
bækˈtɪərɪəl
biomaterial
ˌbaɪəʊməˈtɪərɪəl
cereal
ˈsɪərɪəl
ethereal
ɪˈθɪərɪəl
ferial
ˈfɪərɪəl
immaterial
ˌɪməˈtɪərɪəl
imperial
ɪmˈpɪərɪəl
magisterial
ˌmædʒɪˈstɪərɪəl
managerial
ˌmænɪˈdʒɪərɪəl
material
məˈtɪərɪəl
ministerial
ˌmɪnɪˈstɪərɪəl
mycobacterial
ˌmaɪkəʊbækˈtɪərɪəl
nanomaterial
ˈnænəʊməˌtɪərɪəl
nonmaterial
ˈnɒnməˈtɪərɪəl
serial
ˈsɪərɪəl
sidereal
saɪˈdɪərɪəl
venereal
vɪˈnɪərɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNEREAL

funebre
funebrial
funemployment
Funen
funeral
funeral director
funeral home
funeral march
funeral oration
funeral parlour
funeral procession
funeral pyre
funeral service
funerary
funereally
funest
funfair
funfest
fungal
fungi

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNEREAL

aethereal
areal
boreal
breakfast cereal
cinereal
corporeal
extracorporeal
for real
incorporeal
intersidereal
irreal
loreal
Montreal
noncereal
real
surreal
the real
the surreal
unreal
ureal

Synonyms and antonyms of funereal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FUNEREAL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «funereal» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of funereal

Translation of «funereal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNEREAL

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

Translator English - Chinese

葬礼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fúnebre
570 millions of speakers

English

funereal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

funereal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جنازي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

похоронное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fúnebre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিরানন্দ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lugubre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Funereal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

traurig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

葬送の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장송
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Funereal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ảm đạm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

funereal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मजेचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hüzünlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

funereo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żałobny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

похоронне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

funebru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκρικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

somber
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

begravningss
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

begravelses
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of funereal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNEREAL»

The term «funereal» is normally little used and occupies the 123.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNEREAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «funereal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «funereal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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QUOTES WITH «FUNEREAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word funereal.
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Cecil Beaton
On close inspection, this device turned out to be a funereal juke box - the result of mixing Lloyd's of London with the principle of the chewing gum dispenser.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNEREAL»

Discover the use of funereal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to funereal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Attis, Between Myth and History: King, Priest, and God
Funereal beliefs and the Hereafter The myth of Attis and his tragic end are represented in the images of the Roman period. Some of these images show him at the most dramatic moment, his end, or already in the coldness of death, with his ...
Maria Grazia Lancellotti, 2002
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Ten thousand wonderful things
In the course of their conversations he proved to be the very man who had cast the stone, and she the girl with the broken head. funereal JAR. The term " funereal" has been erroneously applied to all pottery found in tombs, even where the ...
Edmund Fillingham King, 1859
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A Collection of Funereal Sermons by Various Clergy
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Robert Bethell Claxton, Mark Hopkins, Manton Eastburn, 2010
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Butterflies of Houston and Southeast Texas
Erynnis funeralis Funereal dusky wing, Streamlined dusky wing Black wings and white hindwing fringes immediately distinguish the funereal duskywing from all other Erynnis species in the Houston area. It takes its name from its somber ...
John Tveten, Gloria Tveten, 2010
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Butterflies of West Texas Parks and Preserves
Funereal. Duskywing. Erynnis. funeralis. Wingspan, 1.35-1.75 inches. This spread-winged skipper is easily recognized by its relatively square, blackish hindwings with broad white fringes. The forewings, longer and more pointed than those of ...
Roland H. Wauer, 2002
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The Butterflies of Canada
The Funereal Duskywing (E.funeralis) is similar, but can be identif1ed by its white -fringed hindwing. Early Stages: The larvae are pale green with dense white hairs, yellowish lateral stripes, and an orange dot on each segment (Opler and ...
Ross A. Layberry, Peter W. Hall, J. Donald Lafontaine, 1998
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Funereal Diseases of the Mind
These stories they will tell huddled in crumbling dive motels and moonlit lakeside cabins where life and death are equally fleeting. They will bring you along on 2 a.m. pub crawls and sex club excursions that know their darkest sins.
Anthony Beal, 2009
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
adjective 1 the funereal atmosphere of the place: solemn, sombre, grave, serious; gloomy, dismal, doleful, dreary, sad, cheerless, joyless, bleak, melancholy, miserable, morose, sorrowful, morbid, maudlin, dark, depressing, woeful, lugubrious, ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Funereal, adj., which is frequently confused with funeral, means “solemn, mournful, somber.” Funerary = of, used for, or connected with burial. *Funebrial is a NEEDLESS VARIANT of funereal. H.W. Fowler wrote that no one who can help it ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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The Infatuations
As María recounts this story, we are given a murder mystery brilliantly encased in a metaphysical enquiry, a novel that grapples with questions of love and death, chance and coincidence, and above all, with the slippery essence of the ...
Javier Marias, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNEREAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term funereal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Free to pray - but don't try to convert anyone
I joined an Anglican communion, traditional hymns mumbled over a funereal electric organ. I squeezed into a Hindi Fellowship service and ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
2
Is Telltale getting 'Game of Thrones' right?
The first episode of the studio's "Game of Thrones" point-and-click adventure set the same funereal tone as the TV series with the shocking ... «Auburn Citizen, Jul 15»
3
My Sunshine Away by MO Walsh
Since everything we know about what turned tanned-limbed track star Lindy into a thigh-scarring self-harmer, with a funereal-chic wardrobe ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
4
Ashes 2015: Joe Root embodies New England's air of abandon
Yesterday's field placings were inventive and unexpected, a tactical version of free-form jazz compared to the funereal dirges of recent vintage. «The Independent, Jul 15»
5
Review: JD Souther offers concert rich in emotion
He also prefaced his take on Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'" by poking fun at his own catalog: "I like to shake the funereal dirges out of the set ... «azcentral.com, Jul 15»
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Screature: Four Columns
By tightening the structure, the funereal underbelly has softened to a stabile hum, thus disarming the anxiety present on the debut. Screature ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Gallipoli exhibition: More art than heart
I'm not too worried by the funereal music thumping through the first sections so it's difficult to reflect in quiet. Nor am I upset by the stagey ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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Tonight in Music: Audacity, Rod, the Appleseed Cast & More
Their full-length LP, Tempest, came two years later, which traded some of the more funereal qualities from the demo for a bigger death/doom ... «The Portland Mercury, Jul 15»
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Oliver! opens July 9 at CMFA ArtSpace
Tracy Steele and Cindy Durrett are the comically villainous Mr. Bumble and Widow Corney, Charley Krawczyk and Jami Steele are the funereal ... «Columbia Star, Jul 15»
10
Have we replaced democracy with the Super Bowl?
And there's always a bit of the funereal — a pause to remember fallen troops and a fighter jet overflight. Conventions exalted democracy as the ... «Chestnut Hill Local, Jul 15»

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