catafalco
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kă'təfălʹkō
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkoʊ/
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kataˈfalko/ [kɑ.t̪aˈfɑɫ.kʊ]
- Rhymes: -alko
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fal‧co
Italian
Etymology
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, derived from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”). Also influenced scaffold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.taˈfal.ko/
- Rhymes: -alko
- Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fàl‧co
Noun
catafalco m (plural catafalchi)
- catafalque (platform used to display or convey a coffin)
- hearse, bier
- (figurative, humorous) something excessively voluminous or cumbersome
- stage (elevated platform for performances)
Descendants
- → English: catafalco
- → French: catafalque
- → English: catafalque
- → Galician: catafalco
- → Portuguese: catafalco
- → Spanish: catafalco
Further reading
- catafalco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kataˈfalko/ [ka.t̪aˈfal.ko]
- Rhymes: -alko
- Syllabification: ca‧ta‧fal‧co
Further reading
- “catafalco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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