catafalco
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian catafalco.
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: kă'təfălʹkō
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkoʊ/
Noun edit
catafalco (plural catafalcoes)
- Alternative form of catafalque
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian catafalco.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catafalco m (plural catafalcos)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, derived from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”). Also influenced scaffold.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- → English: catafalco
- → French: catafalque
- → English: catafalque
- → Galician: catafalco
- → Portuguese: catafalco
- → Spanish: catafalco
Further reading edit
- catafalco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian catafalco.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catafalco m (plural catafalcos)
- catafalque, catafalco
- Synonym: essa
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian catafalco.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
catafalco m (plural catafalcos)
Further reading edit
- “catafalco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014