"undertaker" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)/, /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈteɪkə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-undertaker.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-undertaker2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: undertakers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} undertaker (plural undertakers)
  1. A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations. Categories (topical): Funeral, Occupations Synonyms: mortician [US], cold cook [slang] Translations (funeral director): begrafnisondernemer (Afrikaans), ἐνταφιαστής (entaphiastḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), মুর্দা ফরাশ (murda fôraś) (Bengali), погребален агент (english: pogrebalen agent) [masculine] (Bulgarian), director de pompes fúnebres [masculine] (Catalan), directora de pompes fúnebres [feminine] (Catalan), 承辦殯葬者 (english: no exact term exists) (Chinese Mandarin), 承办殡葬者 (chéngbàn bìnzàng zhě) (Chinese Mandarin), pohřebník [masculine] (Czech), funebrák (expr.) [masculine] (Czech), bedemand [common-gender] (Danish), begrafenisondernemer (Dutch), hautausurakoitsija (Finnish), croque-mort [feminine, masculine] (French), directeur de funérailles [masculine] (French), directrice de funérailles [feminine] (French), thanatologue [feminine, masculine] (French), director de funeraria (Galician), Bestatter [masculine] (German), Bestatterin [feminine] (German), Leichenbestatter [masculine] (German), Leichenbestatterin [feminine] (German), Beerdigungsunternehmer [masculine] (German), Beerdigungsunternehmerin [feminine] (German), εργολάβος κηδειών (ergolávos kideión) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), temetkezési vállakozó (Hungarian), funeristo (Ido), sepultisto (Ido), adhlacóir [masculine] (Irish), impresario di pompe funebri (Italian), 葬儀屋 (sōgiya) (alt: そうぎや) (Japanese), tonoo'tcim (Kocheyali) (Kings River Yokuts), 장의사 (jang'uisa) (Korean), vespillō [masculine] (Latin), libitinarius [masculine] (Latin), pollinctor [masculine] (Latin), погребник (pogrebnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), kaiwhakarite uhunga (Maori), entrépranneux [masculine] (Norman), gorrker (Northern Kurdish), binaxker (Northern Kurdish), definker (Northern Kurdish), begravelsesagent [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), byrgend [masculine] (Old English), byrgere [masculine] (Old English), tonocim (Palewyami), agente funerário [masculine] (Portuguese), antreprenor de pompe funebre [masculine] (Romanian), cioclu [masculine] (Romanian), дире́ктор похоро́нного бюро́ (diréktor poxorónnovo bjuró) [masculine] (Russian), гробовщи́к (grobovščík) [masculine] (Russian), tonochim (english: Tachi Yokuts) (Southern Valley Yokuts), director de funeraria [masculine] (Spanish), begravningsentreprenör [common-gender] (Swedish), สัปเหร่อ (sàp-bpà-rə̀ə) (Thai), funisepülan [feminine, masculine] (Volapük), funihisepülan [masculine] (Volapük), funijisepülan [feminine] (Volapük), trefnwr angladdau [masculine] (Welsh), ymgymerwr angladdau [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-undertaker-en-noun-rjAEabiK Disambiguation of Funeral: 53 16 29 3 Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 11 34 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 24 17 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 57 20 15 7 Disambiguation of 'funeral director': 78 8 10 4
  2. (historical) A person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding marriage, to be loyal to the crown, and to use English as their spoken language. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-undertaker-en-noun-lSE5Rb4N Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 11 34 15
  3. (historical) A contractor for the royal revenue in England, one of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the king in the Addled Parliament of 1614. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-undertaker-en-noun-y3w2r6P~ Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 11 34 15
  4. (rare) One who undertakes or commits to doing something. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (one who undertakes or commits to doing something): ἐγχειρητής (enkheirētḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), предприемач (predpriemač) [masculine] (Bulgarian), entrepreneur (French), redemptor [masculine] (Latin)
    Sense id: en-undertaker-en-noun-EdQAiEWA Disambiguation of Occupations: 39 11 34 15 Disambiguation of 'one who undertakes or commits to doing something': 6 5 7 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: undertakerish, undertakerly, undertaker's Related terms: undertake, undertaking

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          "roman": "ergolávos kideión",
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          "word": "temetkezési vállakozó"
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          "word": "葬儀屋"
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          "word": "gorrker"
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          "word": "pollinctor"
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          "word": "kaiwhakarite uhunga"
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          "sense": "funeral director",
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          "sense": "funeral director",
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          "roman": "diréktor poxorónnovo bjuró",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "предприемач"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who undertakes or commits to doing something",
      "word": "entrepreneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "enkheirētḗs",
      "sense": "one who undertakes or commits to doing something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐγχειρητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who undertakes or commits to doing something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "redemptor"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "undertaker (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "undertaker"
}

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