Meanings
plural funeral homes
- A mortuary where the friends and relatives of the deceased may attend a wake, or pay their last respects.
Near-synonym: mortuary
Synonyms: funeral parlor, mortuary
- Business that provides interment and funeral services for the deceased.
Synonyms: undertaker's, funeral parlor
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA mortuary where the friends and relatives of the deceased may attend a wake, or pay their last respects.
nounBusiness that provides interment and funeral services for the deceased.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan funerària
- funeràriamortuary
Chinese Cantonese 殯儀館 /殡仪馆, 音樂廳 /音乐厅
- 殯儀館 /殡仪馆mortuary
- 音樂廳 /音乐厅 (jam¹ ngok⁶ teng¹)mortuary
Chinese Mandarin 殯儀館 /殡仪馆
- 殯儀館 /殡仪馆 (bìnyíguǎn)mortuary
Dutch uitvaartcentrum
- uitvaartcentrummortuary
Esperanto funebrejo
- funebrejomortuary
Finnish hautaustoimisto
- hautaustoimistomortuary
French funérarium, chambre funéraire
- funérariummortuary
- chambre funérairemortuary
German Trauerhalle, Bestattungsinstitut
- Trauerhallemortuary
- Bestattungsinstitutbusiness providing funeral services
- Bestattungshausbusiness providing funeral services
Greek γραφείο τελετών
- γραφείο τελετών (grafeío teletón)mortuary
Hungarian ravatolozó
- ravatolozóbusiness providing funeral services
Indonesian rumah duka
- rumah dukamortuary
Italian camera ardente, onoranze funebri
- camera ardentemortuary
- onoranze funebribusiness providing funeral services
Japanese 斎場, 葬儀場
- 斎場mortuary
- 葬儀場mortuary
Korean 장례식장
- 장례식장 (jangnyesikjang)mortuary
Norwegian Bokmål begravelsesbyrå
- begravelsesbyråbusiness providing funeral services
Polish kostnica, zakład pogrzebowy
- kostnicamortuary
- zakład pogrzebowybusiness providing funeral services
Portuguese tanatório, funerária
- tanatóriomortuary
- funeráriabusiness providing funeral services
Russian похоро́нный зал
- похоро́нный зал (poxorónnyj zal)mortuary
Spanish funeraria, funeraria
- funerariamortuary
- funerariabusiness providing funeral services
Swedish begravningsbyrå, begravningsbyrå
- begravningsbyråmortuary
- begravningsbyråbusiness providing funeral services
Tagalog punerarya
- puneraryamortuary
Vietnamese nhà quàn, nhà tang lễ
- nhà quànmortuary
- nhà tang lễmortuary
Cite this entry
funeral home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeral%20home
“funeral home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeral%20home. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “funeral home,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/funeral%20home.
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