funicular
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Adjective edit
funicular (comparative more funicular, superlative most funicular)
- Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord.
- (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
- (geometry) catenary
Translations edit
powered by a rope or cable
Noun edit
funicular (plural funiculars)
- A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, 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.
- Synonyms: funicular railway, cliff railway
- 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 50:
- 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.
Translations edit
rail transit system
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Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [fu.ni.kuˈlar]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [fu.ni.kuˈla]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [fu.ni.kuˈlaɾ]
Adjective edit
funicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural funiculars)
Noun edit
funicular m (plural funiculars)
Further reading edit
- “funicular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “funicular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “funicular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “funicular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
funicular m or f (plural funiculares)
- funicular (powered by a rope or cable)
Noun edit
funicular m (plural funiculares)
- funicular (rail transit system which ascends an incline)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive of fūnis (“cord”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
funicular n
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
funicular m (plural funiculares)
- funicular, cable car
Further reading edit
- “funicular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014