catafalque
pronunciation
How to pronounce catafalque in British English:
UK [ˈkætəfælk]
How to pronounce catafalque in American English:
US [ˈkætəˌfælk, -ˌfɔlk]
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- Noun:
- a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
Word Origin
- catafalque
- catafalque: see scaffold
- catafalque (n.)
- 1640s, from French catafalque (17c.), from Italian catafalco "scaffold," from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Greek kata- "down" (see cata-), used in Medieval Latin with a sense of "beside, alongside" + fala "scaffolding, wooden siege tower," a word said to be of Etruscan origin. The Medieval Latin word also yielded Old French chaffaut, chafaud (Modern French échafaud) "scaffold."
Example
- 1. Catafalque he + ar + se increases the levels of summoning and bone spells .