catafalque
/ˈkatəfalk/noun
catafalque is spelled C-A-T-A-F-A-L-Q-U-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, catafalque means “A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of catafalque is catafalques.
How many letters and syllables are in catafalque?
| Letters | 10: C-A-T-A-F-A-L-Q-U-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 35 million words; the 182,517th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is catafalque?
Catafalque appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce catafalque?
- UK /ˈkatəfalk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-catafalque.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of catafalque
- catafalques plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does catafalque mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Catafalque in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense platform to display or convey a coffin:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does catafalque come from?
Borrowed from French catafalque, from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), which is from Etruscan. Also influenced scaffold.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).