катафалк

Borrowed from French catafalque, from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum (whence ultimately also эшафо́т (ešafót) (a doublet), English scaffold), probably derived from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”).

• IPA^(key): [kətɐˈfaɫk]

катафа́лк • (katafálk) m inan (genitive катафа́лка, nominative plural катафа́лки, genitive plural катафа́лков)

1. catafalque, catafalco
2. hearse, bier