# funeral

Pronunciation: say "FYOO-nuh-ruhl" US /ˈfjunəɹəl/, UK /ˈfjuːnəɹəl/

## Noun

1. A ceremony to honor and remember someone who has died, typically distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body.
   - Simple: A ceremony where people gather to remember someone who has died.
   - _The funeral was held at the small chapel where she had been baptized._
   - _Mourners filled the church for the firefighter's funeral._

## Noun

2. A sermon or oration delivered as part of the rites honoring a person who has died. *(dated)*
   - Simple: A sermon preached at a service for someone who has died.

## Adjective

3. Alternative spelling of funereal. Uncommon. *(rare)* — Alternative spelling of funereal.
   - Simple: Another spelling of funereal. It is rare and means sad, slow, and serious, like at a funeral.

## Origin

English borrowed this from Middle French funerailles ("funeral rites"), which came through Medieval and Late Latin from Latin fūnus ("funeral, death, corpse"). The origin of fūnus is unknown, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- ("to die"). First attested in 1437, it displaced the native Old English līcþeġnung.

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