English Explanatory Dictionary

death

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
  2. Execution (in the judicial sense).
  3. The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
  4. The collapse or end of something.
  5. A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
  6. Spiritual lifelessness.
name
  1. The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
  2. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛθ/ [ˈdɛθ] en-us-death.ogg en-uk-death.ogg /ˈdiːθ/ /ˈdɛːθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Death.wav

Word forms

death deaths deth

Etymology

From Middle English deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die. Cognates Cognate with Scots daeth, daith, death, deeth, deith (“death”), North Frisian Duar, duas, düüs (“death”), Saterland Frisian Dood (“death”), West Frisian dea (“death”), Dutch dood (“death”), German Tod, Todt (“death”), Limburgish doead (“death”), Luxembourgish Doud (“death”), Yiddish טויט (toyt, “death”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål død (“death”), Faroese deyði (“death”), Icelandic dauði (“death”), Norwegian Nynorsk daude, død (“death”), Swedish död (“death”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 (dauþus, “death”).

Synonyms

death tomb celestial transfer decease decomposition defunction dematerialization demise dirt nap doom exit expiration fatality liquidation mortality passing quietus repose sleep of the just sunset the big sleep crash downfall fall (the) bane (the) end the angel of death Azrael the Grim Reaper the reaper the pale rider the rider psychopomp Santa Muerte the Shinigami

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of“beginning of life”): birth (antonym(s) of“maintenance of existence”): life advent beginning birth genesis rise start

Related words

afterlife cemetery cremation die funeral graveyard morgue mortal mortician mortuary obituary the big one the big sleep tombstone farm upstate devitalization dead corpse interment :Category:Death La Calavera Catrina Hades

Derived words

accidental death anally inflicted death sentence angel of death antideath apparent death article of death at death's door Black Death black screen of death blob of death blue screen of death brain death catch one's death cause of death cell death certain as death and taxes certain as death or taxes cheat death civil death click of death clinical death cold as death common death adder cone of death corporate death penalty cot death court death crib death crude death rate culture of death cyberdeath dance of death Darth Darth Vader date of death dead deadly deadly diamond of death death acids death adder death against death and taxes death angel death barrier death-bearing death bed deathbed death-bed death-bed conversion death bed conversion death bell death benefit deathbird deathblow death blow deathbook death book deathbound deathbox death by a thousand cuts

Translations

Abkhaz: псра Afar: raba Afrikaans: dood Ainu: ライ Ainu: ラヤㇺペ Albanian: vdekje Albanian: mort Southern Altai: ӧлӱм Amharic: ሞት Arabic: مَوْت Arabic: وَفَاة Arabic: هَلَاك Arabic: مَنِيَّة Arabic: حِمَام Arabic: موت Arabic: وفاة Aramaic: ܡܘܬܐ Aramaic: מוֹתָא Armenian: մահ Armenian: վախճան Old Armenian: մահ Aromanian: moarte Assamese: মৃত্যু Assamese: মৰণ Asturian: muerte Atong (India): thyiwami Avar: хвел Avar: хвей Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬎 Azerbaijani: ölüm Azerbaijani: vəfat Azerbaijani: əcəl Bangi: liwa Bashkir: үлем Bashkir: әжәл Basque: heriotza Belarusian: смерць Belarusian: сьмерць Bengali: মৃত্যু Bengali: ইন্তেকাল Bengali: ওফাত Bengali: মরণ Bengali: নিধন Bislama: ded Bole: moto Breton: marv Bulgarian: смърт Burmese: မရဏ Burmese: အသေ Burmese: သေခြင်း Buryat: үхэл Carpathian Rusyn: смерть Catalan: mort Catalan: la mort Cebuano: kamatayon Chagatai: اولوم Chagatai: اولم Chechen: валар Chechen: ӏожалла Cherokee: ᎠᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗ Chichewa: imfá Chinese Cantonese: 死亡 Chinese: эҗәли Chinese: сымон Chinese: 死亡 Hakka Chinese: 死亡 Chinese Mandarin: 死亡
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