funeste
English
Adjective
funeste (comparative more funeste, superlative most funeste)
- Alternative form of funest
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- […] her father had dropped hints about his history and belongings which surrounded him in her eyes with a sort of chill and dismal halo. There was something funeste and mysterious even in his beauty; and her spirits faltered and sank in his presence.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.nɛst/
Derived terms
Further reading
- “funeste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈnɛ.ste/
- Rhymes: -ɛste
- Hyphenation: fu‧nè‧ste
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fuːˈnes.te/, [fuːˈnɛs̠t̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fuˈnes.te/, [fuˈnɛst̪e]
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