asphyxiation

English

Etymology

From asphyxiate +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: as‧phyx‧i‧a‧tion

Noun

asphyxiation (countable and uncountable, plural asphyxiations)

1. Death due to lack of oxygen.
2. An acute lack of oxygen.

Translations

Death due to lack of oxygen

• Dutch: verstikking (nl) f
• Finnish: tukehtumiskuolema
• French: asphyxie (fr) f
• German: Erstickung f

• Maori: whakahēmanawatanga
• Slovene: zadušitev f
• Spanish: asfixia (es) f

An acute lack of oxygen

• Finnish: tukehtuminen
• German: Sauerstoffmangel (de) m

• Norwegian: oksygenmangel m
• Spanish: asfixia (es) f
• Swedish: kvävning