asphyxiation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English asphyxia

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English asphyxiate

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ion

English asphyxiation

From asphyxiate + -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/

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• 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.

Derived terms

• autoasphyxiation

Translations

death due to lack of oxygen

• Dutch: verstikking (nl) f
• Finnish: tukehtumiskuolema
• French: asphyxie (fr) f
• German: Erstickung f
• Hungarian: fulladás (hu), megfulladás (hu)
• Māori: whakahēmanawatanga
• Slovene: zadušitev f
• Spanish: asfixia (es) f

an acute lack of oxygen

• Finnish: tukehtuminen (fi)
• German: Sauerstoffmangel (de) m
• Hungarian: fuldoklás (hu)
• Irish: plúchadh m
• Norwegian: oksygenmangel m
• Spanish: asfixia (es) f
• Swedish: kvävning (sv)

See also

• asphyxia