funicular
Meaning of funicular
- (of a railway, especially one on a mountainside) operating by cable with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced.
- relating to a rope or its tension.
noun
a funicular railway.
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘of or like a cord or thread’): from Latin funiculus (diminutive of funis ‘rope’) + -ar1.
Information about funicular
- The plural form of funicular is: funiculars.
- Languages in which funicular is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of funicular
fu-nic-u-lar
- It consists of 4 syllables and 9 chars.
- funicular is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
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