Funeral Definition

fyo͝onər-əl

funerals

noun

The sequence of rituals and ceremonies connected with the burial or cremation of a dead person.

Webster's New World

The eulogy delivered or the sermon preached at such a ceremony.

American Heritage

The procession accompanying the body to the place of burial or cremation.

Webster's New World

An end or a cessation of existence.

American Heritage

A source of concern or care.

If he doesn't meet the deadline, it's his funeral.

American Heritage

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adjective

Of or having to do with a funeral.

Webster's New World

Related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

idiom

be someone's funeral

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Funeral

Singular:

funeral

Plural:

funerals

1437, from Middle French funerailles (“funeral rites”) plural, from Medieval Latin funeralia (“funeral rites”), originally neuter plural of Late Latin funeralis (“having to do with a funeral”), from Latin funere, ablative of funus (“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.

From Wiktionary
Middle English funerelles funeral rites from Old French funerailles from Medieval Latin fūnerālia neuter pl. of fūnerālis funereal from Late Latin from Latin fūnus fūner- death rites dheuə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition