Meanings
nounstate funeral (plural state funerals)
plural state funerals
- A public funeral ceremony held to honour individuals of national significance.
1 more example
In May 1898, for example, the funeral train of our Mr Gladstone would be brought from his country estate at Hawarden to Westminster station on the District Line via Willesden Junction. One of his biographers notes, 'Victorians saw no indignity in a coffin for a state funeral arriving by Underground.'
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 33
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 國葬 /国葬
- 國葬 /国葬 (guózàng)public funeral ceremony
Czech státní pohřeb
- státní pohřebpublic funeral ceremony
Danish statsbegravelse
- statsbegravelsepublic funeral ceremony
Esperanto ŝtata funebro
- ŝtata funebropublic funeral ceremony
Finnish valtiolliset hautajaiset
- valtiolliset hautajaisetpublic funeral ceremony
French funérailles nationales, obsèques nationales
- funérailles nationalespublic funeral ceremony
- obsèques nationalespublic funeral ceremony
- funérailles d'Étatpublic funeral ceremony
German Staatsbegräbnis
- Staatsbegräbnispublic funeral ceremony
Japanese 国葬
- 国葬 (kokusō)public funeral ceremony
Korean 국가장, 국장
- 국가장 (gukgajang)public funeral ceremony
- 국장 (gukjang)public funeral ceremony
Polish pogrzeb państwowy
- pogrzeb państwowypublic funeral ceremony
Portuguese funeral do estado
- funeral do estadopublic funeral ceremony
Spanish funeral de estado
- funeral de estadopublic funeral ceremony
Vietnamese quốc táng, quốc tang
- quốc tángpublic funeral ceremony
- quốc tangpublic funeral ceremony
Cite this entry
APA
state funeral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state%20funeral
MLA
“state funeral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state%20funeral. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “state funeral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/state%20funeral.
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