assassination

English

Etymology

assassinate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌsæs.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

assassination (plural assassinations)

1. The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.

   The assassination of the king occurred at night.

Derived terms

• character assassination
• royal assassination

 

Related terms

• assassin

Translations

murder for political reasons or personal gain

• Arabic: اِغْتِيَال (ar) m (iḡtiyāl)
• Armenian: մարդասպանություն (mardaspanutʻyun), սպանություն (hy) (spanutʻyun)
• Belarusian: зама́х m (zamáx)
• Bulgarian: атента́т (bg) (atentát), полити́ческо уби́йство (politíčesko ubíjstvo)
• Burmese: လုပ်ကြံမှု (my) (lupkramhmu.)
• Catalan: assassinat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暗殺／暗杀 (zh) (ànshā), 暗杀 (zh) (ànshā), 刺殺／刺杀 (zh) (cìshā), 刺杀 (zh) (cìshā)

• Czech: atentát (cs) m
• Danish: attentat (da) n
• Dutch: moord (nl)
• Estonian: atentaat
• Finnish: salamurha (fi)
• French: assassinat (fr) m
• Galician: asasinato (gl) m
• Georgian: პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა (ṗoliṭiḳuri mḳvleloba)
• German: Ermordung (de) f, Attentat (de) n, Meuchelmord (de) m
• Greek: δολοφονία (el) (dolofonía)
• Hebrew: רֶצַח (he) m (rétzakh) הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת (he) f (hitnaqshut)
• Italian: assassinio (it) m
• Japanese: 暗殺 (ja) (あんさつ, ansatsu)
• Korean: 암살(暗殺) (ko) (amsal)
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• Latin: (Classical Latin) caedēs per insidiās; (Modern Latin) assassinātiō
• Macedonian: атентат m (atentat)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: assâsinâtion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: attentat (no) n

  Nynorsk: attentat n

• Occitan: assassinat (oc) m
• Old English: morþsliht m
• Oriya: ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା (guptahatyā)
• Persian: قتل (fa) (qatl), سوء قصد (fa) (suʾ-e qasd), ترور (fa) (teror)
• Polish: zamach (pl) m, skrytobójstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: assassinato (pt) m
• Romanian: asasinat (ro) n, asasinare (ro) f
• Russian: уби́йство (ru) n (ubíjstvo), наёмное уби́йство n (najómnoje ubíjstvo)
• Slovak: atentat
• Slovene: atentat m
• Spanish: asesinato (es) m, magnicidio m
• Swedish: attentat (sv)
• Tagalog: paglingo
• Tajik: қатл (qatl)
• Thai: การลอบสังหาร (gaan-lôp-săng-hăan)
• Turkish: suikast (tr)
• Vietnamese: vụ ám sát (vi) (vụ (vi) + 暗殺)

See also

• targeted killing