See also: féretro

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ferētrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feretro m (plural feretri)

  1. catafalque (platform to display or convey a coffin)
    Synonym: catafalco
  2. (by extension, literary) coffin (box in which a dead person is buried)
    Synonyms: bara, (colloquial) cassa da morto, (regional) tabbuto

References

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  1. ^ feretro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • feretro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

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Noun

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feretrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of feretrum