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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

funerate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fu-ner-ate
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bury with funeral rites.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fūnerātus, perfect passive participle of fūnerō (“to funerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūnus, fūneris (“a funeral”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

funerates (present, singular) funerating (participle, present) funerated (participle, past) funerated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

funeral

Questions

What does funerate mean?
To bury with funeral rites.
Where does funerate come from?
Borrowed from Latin fūnerātus, perfect passive participle of fūnerō (“to funerate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from fūnus, fūneris (“a funeral”).

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