"catafalque" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkatəfalk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-catafalque.wav [Southern-England] Forms: catafalques [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French catafalque, from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), which is from Etruscan. Also influenced scaffold. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|catafalque}} French catafalque, {{der|en|it|catafalco}} Italian catafalco, {{der|en|VL.|*catafalicum||}} Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, {{der|en|grc|κατά|t=down}} Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”), {{der|en|la|fala||scaffolding, wooden siege tower}} Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), {{der|en|ett|-}} Etruscan, {{m|en|scaffold}} scaffold Head templates: {{en-noun}} catafalque (plural catafalques)
  1. A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate. Categories (topical): Burial Synonyms: catafalco Translations (platform to display or convey a coffin): 靈柩台 (língjiù tái) (Chinese Mandarin), 靈柩車 (Chinese Mandarin), 灵柩车 (língjiù chē) (Chinese Mandarin), 靈柩臺 (Chinese Mandarin), 灵柩台 (língjiù tái) (Chinese Mandarin), katafalk [masculine] (Czech), katafalk [common-gender] (Danish), katafalko (Esperanto), katafalkki (Finnish), catafalque [masculine] (French), échafaud [masculine] (French), catafalco [masculine] (Galician), კატაფალკი (ḳaṭapalḳi) (Georgian), Katafalk [masculine] (German), ravatal (Hungarian), catafalco [masculine] (Italian), feretro [masculine] (Italian), катафа́лка (katafálka) [feminine] (Macedonian), katafalk [masculine] (Polish), catafalco [masculine] (Portuguese), essa [feminine] (Portuguese), catafalc [neuter] (Romanian), катафа́лк (katafálk) [masculine] (Russian), túmulo [masculine] (Spanish), katafalk [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "platform to display or convey a coffin",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "katafalk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "catafalque"
}

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