catafalco

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

• enPR: kă'təfălʹkō
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkætəˈfælkoʊ/

catafalco (plural catafalcoes)

1. Synonym of catafalque.

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

• IPA^(key): /kataˈfalko/ [kɑ.t̪aˈfɑɫ.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -alko
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fal‧co

catafalco m (plural catafalcos)

1. catafalque, catafalco

• “catafalco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “catafalco” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, derived from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”). Also influenced scaffold.

• IPA^(key): /ka.taˈfal.ko/
• Rhymes: -alko
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fàl‧co

catafalco m (plural catafalchi)

1. catafalque (platform used to display or convey a coffin)
2. hearse, bier
3. (figurative, humorous) something excessively voluminous or cumbersome
4. stage (elevated platform for performances)

• → English: catafalco
• → French: catafalque
  • → English: catafalque
• → Galician: catafalco
• → Portuguese: catafalco
• → Spanish: catafalco

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

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alku, (Brazil) -awku
• Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fal‧co

catafalco m (plural catafalcos)

1. catafalque, catafalco

   Synonym: essa

Borrowed from Italian catafalco.

• IPA^(key): /kataˈfalko/ [ka.t̪aˈfal.ko]
• Rhymes: -alko
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧fal‧co

catafalco m (plural catafalcos)

1. catafalque, catafalco

• “catafalco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024