funicular

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars
  2. adjective relating to or operated by a cable

Etymology

From Latin fūniculus (“thinner cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“rope, cord”) + -culus. By surface analysis, funicul(us) + -ar.

In classic literature

Synonyms

cable railway, funicular railway

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