English [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Middle French , from funerail Latin + funereus . -al
Pronunciation [ edit ]
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Adjective [ edit ]
funereal ( comparative , more funereal superlative ) most funereal
relating to a funeral.
1922, James Joyce, , Episode 12:
From the belfries far and near the
funereal deathbell tolled unceasingly while all around the gloomy precincts rolled the ominous warning of a hundred muffled drums punctuated by the hollow booming of pieces of ordnance.
2000, Goerge RR Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 474:
Seven were chosen to push the
funereal boat to the water, in honor of the seven faces of god. Similar to a funeral, such as
dignified or solemn.
1900, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek , page 171: 
"A funereal gloom prevailed over the whole scene."
Translations [ edit ]
Of or relating to a funeral