funicular

Etymology

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.

Adjective

funicular (comparative more funicular, superlative most funicular)

1. Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable
2. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the umbilical cord.
3. (botany) Having a fleshy covering of the seed formed from the funiculus, the attachment point of the seed.

Noun

funicular (plural funiculars)

1. A particular type of rail transit system which ascends a steep urban or mountain incline, having usually two cars sharing a single track, with the cars linked by a cable and an arrangement of pulleys such that the descending car assists in the hoisting of the ascending car, i.e. the two cars serve as counterweights for each other.

Adjective

funicular m, f (plural funiculares, comparable)

1. funicular (powered by a rope or cable)

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculares)

1. funicular (rail transit system which ascends an incline)

Etymology

From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive of fūnis (“cord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu.ni.kuˈlaʳ]

Noun

funicular n

1. rope railway

Noun

funicular m (plural funiculares)

1. funicular, cable car