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Funeral or funeral: Word choose?

2021-08-16T16:59:30.571Z


Jean-Loup Chiflet deciphers the nuances of the French language, giving the exact meaning of each word.


According to the dictionary,

funeral

describes what has to do with death, while

funeral

relates more to funerals.

So where is the difference?

Let's say that these adjectives go hand in hand, because they both tell us about death.

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In the event of a death, a funeral service is organized, with a moment of meditation in the burial chamber where the deceased rests, a few songs, candles, wreaths, then a vault, a stone or an urn.

This funeral rite is a set of gestures and testimonies that bring together the family and friends of the deceased to pay homage to him.

And there, because of a semantic shift difficult to understand, the oration is not funeral but funeral, as is the vigil which precedes the funeral, even the ceremony itself.

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When we tell them that a eulogy is always funeral and the grave is always funeral, how can the widow and the orphan find their way?

Fortunately, the funeral director takes care of everything ...

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Source: lefigaro

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