feretro

See also: féretro

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛ.re.tro/, /ˈfe.re.tro/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛretro, -eretro
  • Hyphenation: fè‧re‧tro, fé‧re‧tro

Noun

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

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

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Latin

Noun

feretrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of feretrum
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