catafalque
Meaning
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
Translations
catafalque
catafalco
Katafalk
catafalco
katafalk
katafalk
catafalco
βάθρο
cadafalPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkatəfalk/
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.
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