Noun: catafalco
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ca‧ta‧fàl‧co
| Singular m | catafalco |
| Plural m | catafalchi |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like catafalco
sbrego,
sbergo,
sbarco,
sbocco,
sbieco,
sarago,
scacco,
scalco,
scinco,
diftongo,
smacco,
smergo,
slargo,
guidalesco,
pacciugo,
antiscialagogo,
rinfresco,
granturco,
pappalecco,
rinfianco, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, derived from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”). Also influenced scaffold. See: Latin Nouns '
fala'.
Verbs referencing "catafalco"
English Nouns
catafalque, French Nouns
catafalque, Danish Nouns
katafalk, Polish Nouns
katafalk, German Nouns
Katafalk, Russian Nouns
катафалк, Catalan Nouns
cadafal, Swedish Nouns
schavott.
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