Definitions for funeralˈfyu nər əl

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fu•ner•alˈfyu nər əl(n.)

the ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation; obsequies.
a funeral procession.
(adj.)of or pertaining to a funeral:
funeral services; funeral expenses.

Idioms for funeral:

be someone's funeral,Informal.to have unpleasant consequences for someone.
Category: Idiom, Informal

Origin of funeral:

1505–15; < MF funerailles < ML fūnerālia, neut. pl. of fūnerālis, der. of L fūner-, s. of fūnus funeral rites

Princeton's WordNet

funeral(noun)
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
"hundreds of people attended his funeral"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

funeral(noun)ˈfyu nər əl
an event to celebrate and bury a person who has died
to go to a funeral

Wiktionary

funeral(Noun)
A ceremony to honour of a deceased person.
No one likes to go to funerals.
funeral(Adjective)
Being related to a ceremony in honor of a deceased person.

Origin: 1437, from funerailles , from funeralia, originally neuter plural of funeralis, from funere, ablative of funus, origin unknown, perhaps ultimately from dheu-. Singular and plural used interchangeably in English until circa 1700. The adjective funereal is first attested 1725, by influence of funerail, from funereus, from funus.

Webster Dictionary

Funeral(noun)
the solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural
Funeral(noun)
the procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment
Funeral(noun)
a funeral sermon; -- usually in the plural
Funeral(noun)
per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies