funicular

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English

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Etymology

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)

Adjective

funicular (comparative more funicular, superlative most funicular)

  1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
  2. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord.
  3. (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.
  4. (geometry) catenary

Translations

Noun

funicular (plural funiculars)

  1. A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a moving cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.
    Synonyms: funicular railway, cliff railway
    • 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 50:
      England's funiculars mostly hug the coast, and this is no coincidence. The development of the Victorian and Edwardian seaside resort played a central role in the uptake of funicular railways across England.

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

funicular m or f (masculine and feminine plural funiculars)

  1. funicular

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculars)

  1. cable car, funicular

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

funicular m or f (plural funiculares)

  1. funicular (powered by a rope or cable)

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculares)

  1. funicular (rail transit system which ascends an incline)

Romanian

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Etymology

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive of fūnis (“cord”).

Pronunciation

Noun

funicular n

  1. rope railway

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /funikuˈlaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fu‧ni‧cu‧lar

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculares)

  1. funicular, cable car

Further reading

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