A funeral is a pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.
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Undertaker
//ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "undertaker" (7 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- begrafnisondernemer noun (funeral director)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐγχειρητής noun (one who undertakes or commits to doing something)
- ἐνταφιαστής noun (funeral director)
Arabic
1 entries- حَانُوتِيّ noun (funeral director)
Bengali
1 entries- মুর্দা ফরাশ noun (funeral director)
Bulgarian
2 entries- погребален агент noun (funeral director)
- предприемач noun (one who undertakes or commits to doing something)
Catalan
2 entries- director de pompes fúnebres noun (funeral director)
- directora de pompes fúnebres noun (funeral director)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 承辦殯葬者 /承办殡葬者 noun (funeral director)
Czech
2 entries- funebrák (expr.) noun (funeral director)
- pohřebník noun (funeral director)
Danish
1 entries- bedemand noun (funeral director)
Dutch
1 entries- begrafenisondernemer noun (funeral director)
Finnish
1 entries- hautausurakoitsija noun (funeral director)
French
4 entries- croque-mort noun (funeral director)
- directeur de funérailles noun (funeral director)
- directrice de funérailles noun (funeral director)
- entrepreneur noun (one who undertakes or commits to doing something)
Galician
1 entries- director de funeraria noun (funeral director)
German
4 entries- Beerdigungsunternehmer noun (funeral director)
- Beerdigungsunternehmerin noun (funeral director)
- Bestatter noun (funeral director)
- Bestatterin noun (funeral director)
Greek
1 entries- εργολάβος κηδειών noun (funeral director)
Hungarian
1 entries- temetkezési vállakozó noun (funeral director)
Ido
2 entries- funeristo noun (funeral director)
- sepultisto noun (funeral director)
Irish
1 entries- adhlacóir noun (funeral director)
Italian
1 entries- impresario di pompe funebri noun (funeral director)
Japanese
1 entries- 葬儀屋 noun (funeral director)
Kings River Yokuts
1 entries- tonoo'tcim (Kocheyali) noun (funeral director)
Korean
1 entries- 장의사 noun (funeral director)
Latin
4 entries- libitīnārius noun (funeral director)
- pollīnctor /pollictor noun (funeral director)
- redemptor noun (one who undertakes or commits to doing something)
- vespillō noun (funeral director)
Macedonian
2 entries- погребник noun (funeral director)
- претприемач noun (one who undertakes or commits to doing something)
Māori
1 entries- kaiwhakarite uhunga noun (funeral director)
Norman
1 entries- entrépranneux noun (funeral director)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- binaxker noun (funeral director)
- definker noun (funeral director)
- gorrker noun (funeral director)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- begravelsesagent noun (funeral director)
Old English
2 entries- byrgend noun (funeral director)
- byrgere noun (funeral director)
Portuguese
2 entries- agente funerário noun (funeral director)
- cangalheiro noun (funeral director)
Romanian
2 entries- antreprenor de pompe funebre noun (funeral director)
- cioclu noun (funeral director)
Russian
2 entries- гробовщи́к noun (funeral director)
- дире́ктор похоро́нного бюро́ noun (funeral director)
Southern Valley Yokuts
1 entries- tonochim noun (funeral director)
Spanish
1 entries- director de funeraria noun (funeral director)
Swedish
1 entries- begravningsentreprenör noun (funeral director)
Thai
1 entries- สัปเหร่อ noun (funeral director)
Volapük
3 entries- funihisepülan noun (funeral director)
- funijisepülan noun (funeral director)
- funisepülan noun (funeral director)
Welsh
2 entries- trefnwr angladdau noun (funeral director)
- ymgymerwr angladdau noun (funeral director)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I'm an undertaker.
Source: tatoeba (8930537)
I would hate to work as an undertaker and be around dead bodies all day.
Source: tatoeba (9123944)
Ziri is an undertaker.
Source: tatoeba (10209923)
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