funicular
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.23 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
adj
Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord.
adj
Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
noun
A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single pair of tracks, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
Example Sentences
- "England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence. The development of the Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort played a central role in the uptake of funicular railways across England."
Etymology
From Latin fūniculus (“thinner cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“rope, cord”) + -culus. By surface analysis, funicul(us) + -ar.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰendʰ-, fūniculus