A funeral is the ceremony that is held when the body of someone who has died is buried or cremated.
His funeral will be on Thursday at Blackburn Cathedral.
He was given a state funeral.
Synonyms: burial, committal, laying to rest, cremation More Synonyms of funeral
2.
See it's your funeral
funeral in British English
(ˈfjuːnərəl)
noun
1.
a.
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
b.
(as modifier)
a funeral service
2.
a procession of people escorting a corpse to burial
3. informal
worry; concern; affair
that's your funeral
Word origin
C14: from Medieval Latin fūnerālia, from Late Latin fūnerālis (adj), from Latin fūnus funeral
funeral in American English
(ˈfjunərəl)
adjective
1.
of or having to do with a funeral
noun
2.
the ceremonies connected with burial or cremation of the dead; obsequies
3.
the procession accompanying the body to the place of burial or cremation
Idioms:
be someone's funeral
Word origin
ME < LL funeralis < L funus (gen. funeris), a funeral < ? IE *dheu-, to pass away, die1
funeral in Insurance
(fyunərəl)
Word forms: (regular plural) funerals
noun
(Insurance: Life insurance)
A funeral is the ceremony held when the body of someone who has died is buried or cremated.
This policy covers the costs of returning home to attend the funeral of a family member who has died.
The benefit is designed to contribute towards the cost of a funeral on the death of the insured person, by providing the nominated beneficiary with alump sum payment.
A funeral is the ceremony held when the body of someone who has died is buried or cremated.
funeral expenses, funeral plan
More idioms containing
funeral
it's your funeral
Examples of 'funeral' in a sentence
funeral
Families began arriving in Istanbul to collect the bodies of the dead and some funerals have taken place.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The report showed that only 1 per cent of people organising funerals knew the preferences of the deceased.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The 50 relatives had sat through a funeral service and the casket was being lowered into the ground.
The Sun (2016)
The logistics of funerals and burials vary greatly.
Christianity Today (2000)
Thousands of local people attended the funeral.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
His funeral will take place tomorrow morning.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is the question that real people at real funerals ask.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
Her body has since been released to the family and her funeral will take place today.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She slightly disapproved of the way people go to funerals to be sociable.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And pictures taken at a funeral home were posted on the internet.
The Sun (2008)
He was mourned by hundreds of people at his funeral yesterday.
The Sun (2011)
There was a further funeral ceremony in Bologna.
Gavin Weightman SIGNOR MARCONI'S MAGIC BOX: The invention that sparked the radio revolution (2003)
The midfielder attended his father 's funeral yesterday.
The Sun (2016)
The day brings back memories of my dear father 's funeral almost four years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her father 's funeral will take place tomorrow.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Today, the funeral parlour has taken over from the front parlour.
Carpenter, Anne & Johnson, Geoffrey Why am I Afraid to Grieve (1994)
Funeral and burial costs have also risen sharply in the past few years and can cost more than 3,000.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The contrast is much like that between a funeral service and a memorial service, held some months after the death.
Pearson, Althea Growing Through Loss and Grief (1994)
The young men building the fire for the funeral ceremony were equally unmoved and insisted that the deaths of their friends would not stop them from enlisting.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And yesterday her body was taken from an LA funeral home to a local airport.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
funeral
British English: funeral /ˈfjuːnərəl/ NOUN
A funeral is a ceremony for the burial or cremation of someone who has died.
His funeral will be on Thursday at Blackburn Cathedral.
American English: funeral
Arabic: جَنَازَة
Brazilian Portuguese: funeral
Chinese: 葬礼
Croatian: sprovod
Czech: pohřeb
Danish: begravelse
Dutch: begrafenis
European Spanish: funeral
Finnish: hautajaiset
French: enterrement
German: Beerdigung
Greek: κηδεία
Italian: funerale
Japanese: 葬式
Korean: 장례식
Norwegian: begravelse
Polish: pogrzeb
European Portuguese: funeral
Romanian: înmormântare
Russian: похороны
Latin American Spanish: funeral
Swedish: begravning
Thai: งานศพ
Turkish: cenaze
Ukrainian: похорон
Vietnamese: đám tang
All related terms of 'funeral'
funeral home
A funeral home is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
funeral march
a slow song or march played at funerals
funeral plan
A funeral plan is a basic life insurance policy that provides money to pay for the policyholder's funeral expenses when they die .
funeral pyre
a pile of wood used for burning a body at a funeral as a rite
mass funeral
a funeral held for several dead people at the same time
state funeral
a ceremonial funeral for a head of state, or other very important person
funeral oration
a formal speech delivered at a funeral
funeral parlor
A funeral parlor is the same as a → funeral home .
funeral parlour
A funeral parlour is a place where a funeral director works and where dead people are prepared for burial or cremation.
funeral service
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
funeral director
A funeral director is a person whose job is to arrange funerals.
funeral expenses
Funeral expenses are the costs of organizing and carrying out a funeral.
funeral procession
a procession of vehicles on their way to a funeral , usually including the body in a hearse followed by friends and family in vehicles behind
funeral arrangements
Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
it's your funeral
If someone says to you ' It's your funeral ', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere .
be someone's funeral
to be someone's problem , worry , etc. and not another's
last honours
observances of respect at a funeral
Chinese translation of 'funeral'
funeral
(ˈfjuːnərəl)
n(c)
葬礼(禮) (zànglǐ) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
He was given a state funeral.
Synonyms
burial
He can have a decent burial.
committal
laying to rest
cremation
interment
As soon as the interment ended she walked over to him.