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English
Adjective
funeste (comparative more funeste, superlative most funeste)
- Alternative form of funest
1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “Being a Short History of the Great Battle of Belmont, That Lasted for So Many Days, wherein the Belligerents Showed So Much Constancy and Valour, and Sometimes One Side and Sometimes t’Other Was Victorious”, in The House by the Church-yard. , volume I, London: Tinsley, Brothers, , →OCLC, page 297:[…] her father had dropped hints about his history and belongings which surrounded him in her eyes with a sort of chill and supernatural halo. There was something funeste and mysterious even in his beauty; and his spirits faltered and sank in his presence.
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French
Etymology
From Latin fūnestus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
funeste (plural funestes)
- baneful, disastrous (causing disaster)
- fatal; deadly
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈnɛ.ste/
- Rhymes: -ɛste
- Hyphenation: fu‧nè‧ste
Adjective
funeste
- feminine plural of funesto
Latin
Pronunciation
Adjective
fūneste
- vocative masculine singular of fūnestus