catafalque

Betekenis (Engels)

A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.

Sinonieme

bier

cenotaph

open hearse

catafalco

Vertalings

catafalque

catafalco

Katafalk

catafalco

katafalk

katafalk

catafalco

βάθρο

κενοτάφιο

essa

Trauergerüst

túmulo

βάθρο φερέτρου

cadafal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkatəfalk/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.