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Gavin
Catafalque = Casket =Coffin?
22 ago 2012 06:52
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The term casket can be used to mean a coffin. The terms are interchanged commonly. So an English speaker would know what you meant if you talked about the casket at a funeral. Note that the word casket has other meanings so context may be important.
I had never heard the term Catafalque before. But having found it in a dictionary, it is not a coffin. It is the decorated platform that a coffin is placed on. Only used for distinguished persons and apparently it is mobile.
22 agosto 2012
Catafalque= A decorated wooden framework supporting the coffin /casket of a distinguished person during a funeral or while lying in state.
22 agosto 2012
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Gavin
Competenze linguistiche
Cinese (cantonese), Inglese
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese
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