Hyphenation
fü·ne·ralSynonyms
burial,
cremation,
entombment,
exequies,
funeration,
inhumation,
interment,
last rites,
obit,
obsequies,
planting,
requiem,
sepulture,
services,
solemnitiesEtymology
() 1437, from Middle French funérailles (“funeral rites”) pl., 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 *dheu- (“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.