funicular

词干

后缀

-ar: Of, near, or pertaining to; adjective suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also.

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

1Of, 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.
4(geometry) Synonym of catenary.