death

See also: Death and deaþ

English

Alternative forms

• deth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish död, Norwegian død), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĕth, IPA^(key): /dɛθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛθ
• (West Country) IPA^(key): /diːθ/
• (Early Modern) IPA^(key): /dɛːθ/, /dɛθ/
• Homophones: debt (th-stopping); deaf (th-fronting)

Noun

death (countable and uncountable, plural deaths)

2. 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.

   The death of my grandfather saddened the whole family.

   • 1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] ‎^[2], To cure the faintneſs of the Heart, page 71:

     But foraſmuch as this [the faintneſs of the Heart] is a very bad and heavy diſtemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:

     "‘Death,’" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "‘is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.’"

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, […]

   1. Execution (in the judicial sense).

      The serial killer was sentenced to death.

      • 2018 March 30, Chris Buckley, “‘Vicious’ Killer of 11 Women Gets Death Penalty in China”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 March 2018, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

        Thirty years after Gao Chengyong embarked on a succession of 11 rape-murders of women in northwest China, a court sentenced him to death on Friday, following an investigation that involved sifting through 230,000 fingerprints.

4. (often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

   When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 6:8:

     And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sat on him was Death"

   • 1762, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume V, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 51:

     [T]o thoſe, Jonathan, who know what death is, and what havock and deſtruction he can make, before a man can well wheel about—'tis like a whole age.

   • 1974, Anthony Banks, Michael Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, “Anyway”, in The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, performed by Genesis:

     O boy! running man is out of death ... Anyway, they say she comes on a pale horse

6. (preceded by the) The collapse or end of something.

   England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.

   Buyer (negotiating): You were at two-fifty on that one. Go on, then, what's the death on that? Seller: Two hundred pounds is the absolute death. Buyer: Sold. Thank you.

   • 1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand, page 90:

     He may even find himself being blamed if the project dies a quick and horrible death at the box office or is unceremoniously axed by the network.

   2. (figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).

      This bake sale is going to be the death of me!

8. (figurative) Spiritual lifelessness.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:death

Derived terms

• accidental death
• anally inflicted death sentence
• angel of death
• antideath
• apparent death
• article of death
• at death's door
• Black 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
• 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
• deathbed
• death-bed
• 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
• death by a thousand paper cuts
• death by a thousand papercuts
• death by chocolate
• death by coconut
• death by cop
• death by misadventure
• death by PowerPoint
• death camas
• death camp
• death candle
• death cap
• death card
• deathcare
• death cell
• death certificate
• death chair
• death chamber
• death clerk
• death clock
• death-come-quickly
• deathcore
• death cross
• death cult
• death cultist
• death cup
• death-damp
• deathdate
• death date
• deathday
• death-dealing
• death-defying
• death disc
• death diving
• death-doom
• death door
• death drive
• death drop
• death duty
• deathen
• deather
• death erection
• death factor
• deathfat
• deathfear
• deathfic
• death-fire
• death flag
• death flight
• deathful
• death futures
• death game
• death glare
• deathgrind
• death grip
• death growl
• death grunt
• deathhawk
• death house
• death-hunter
• death instinct
• deathism
• death is the great leveller
• death kit
• death knell
• death-knell
• death knock
• death lantern
• deathless
• deathlike
• deathling
• death list
• deathlock
• death loop
• deathlore
• deathly
• deathmaking
• death march
• death mask
• deathmatch
• death messenger
• death-messenger
• death metal
• death metaller
• deathmonger
• death-name
• death note
• death notification
• death 'n' roll
• death of despair
• death-of-man
• death of the author
• death on
• death panel
• death penalty
• death phase
• death pile
• death play
• death pool
• deathproof
• deathpunk
• death put
• death rate
• death rattle
• death-rattle
• death-ray
• death ray
• death ride
• deathrock
• death roll
• death row
• death save
• deathscape
• death seat
• death sentence
• death's-head
• deathskull
• death slide
• death slot
• deathsman
• deathsome
• death-sough
• death spiral
• death squad
• deathstalker
• death star
• death-stare
• death stare
• death stick
• death-stiffness
• death-struggle
• deathstyle
• death tax
• death threat
• death throe
• deathtime
• death toll
• deathtrap, death trap
• Death Valley
• deathward
• deathwards
• death warmed over
• death warmed up
• death warrant
• deathwatch
• deathwatch beetle
• death-watch beetle
• death whistle
• deathwise
• deathwish
• death wish
• death wobble
• deathworthy
• deathy
• death zone
• dice with death
• die a death
• die a thousand deaths
• direct maternal death
• do to death
• dowry death
• draw death
• drink oneself to death
• ego death
• Euro death-knot
• fan death
• feel like death
• fight to the death
• first death
• gay death
• gigadeath
• group of death
• half to death
• heat death
• heat death of the universe
• hug of death
• identity death
• in at the death
• indirect maternal death
• information-theoretic death
• instadeath
• in the article of death
• jaws of death
• kill-death ratio
• kill-to-death ratio
• Kimberley death adder
• kiss of death
• language death
• laughing death
• lesbian bed death
• life after death
• life-and-death
• life-or-death
• Life without Death
• like death warmed over
• like death warmed up
• like grim death
• living death
• manner of death
• maternal death
• matter of life and death
• matter of life or death
• mechanism of death
• megadeath
• melodeath
• melodic death metal
• merchant of death
• Mongolian death worm
• multideath
• near-death
• near-death experience
• nondeath
• nothing is certain but death and taxes
• pale as death
• permadeath
• pool of death
• predeath
• prodeath
• pro-death
• programmed cell death
• psychic death
• purple death
• put to death
• rain death
• redeath
• red ring of death
• scared to death
• scare someone to death
• screen death
• screen of death
• second death
• self-death
• sickness unto death
• sign one's death warrant
• sign one's own death warrant
• simultaneous death
• smiling death
• social death
• strong as death
• sudden arrhythmic death syndrome
• sudden death
• sudden death syndrome
• sudden infant death syndrome
• sudden oak death
• sudden sniffing death syndrome
• sudden unexpected death syndrome
• sudden unexplained death syndrome
• sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome
• sure as death
• sure as death and taxes
• sure as death or taxes
• sweet-after-death
• table of death
• thermal death time
• till death do us part
• till death us do part
• time of death
• to death
• to the death
• twink death
• undeath
• unlawful death
• valley of death
• valley of the shadow of death
• voodoo death
• wall of death
• wheel of death
• white screen of death
• wrongful death
• wrongful death statute
• yellow light of death
• yes to death
• zip of death

English terms starting with “death”

Translations

cessation of life

• Abkhaz: псра (pʼsra)
• Adyghe: лӏэныгъ (lˢʼɛnəğ)
• Afar: raba
• Afrikaans: dood (af)
• Ainu: ライ (rayi), ラヤㇺペ (rayampe)
• Albanian: vdekje (sq) f, mort (sq) m
• Amharic: ሞት (mot)
• Arabic: مَوْت (ar) m (mawt), وَفَاة f (wafāh), هَلَاك m (halāk), مَنِيَّة f (maniyya), حِمَام (ar) m (ḥimām) (literary or poetic)

  Egyptian Arabic: موت m (mōt)

  Gulf Arabic: موت m (mōt), وفاة f (wafāt)

  South Levantine Arabic: موت m (mōt)

• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܘܬܐ m (mawtā)

  Jewish Aramaic: מוֹתָא m (môṯā)

• Armenian: մահ (hy) (mah), վախճան (hy) (vaxčan)

  Old Armenian: մահ (mah)

• Aromanian: moarte
• Assamese: মৃত্যু (mriittu), মৰণ (moron)
• Asturian: muerte (ast) f
• Atong (India): thyiwami
• Avar: хвел (xʷel), хвей (xʷej)
• Avestan: 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬚𐬌𐬌𐬎 (mər^əθiiu)
• Aymara: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: ölüm (az), vəfat, əcəl (az) (poetic)
• Bashkir: үлем (ülem), әжәл (əjəl)
• Basque: heriotza (eu)
• Belarusian: смерць f (smjercʹ), сьмерць f (sʹmjercʹ) (Taraškievica)
• Bengali: মৃত্যু (bn) (mrittu), ইন্তেকাল (bn) (intekal), ওফাত (bn) (ōphat), মরণ (bn) (moron)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: tamttant f

• Bislama: ded
• Bole: moto
• Breton: marv (br) m
• Bulgarian: смърт (bg) f (smǎrt)
• Burmese: မရဏ (my) (ma.ra.na.), အသေ (my) (a.se), သေခြင်း (sehkrang:)
• Buryat: үхэл (üxel)
• Carpathian Rusyn: смерть f (smertʹ)
• Catalan: mort (ca) f
• Cebuano: kamatayon
• Central Sierra Miwok: ĉam-ŝy-
• Chagatai: اولوم (ölüm), اولم (ölim)
• Chechen: валар (valar), ӏожалла (ˀožalla)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗ (ayohuhisdi)
• Chichewa: imfa
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 死亡 (sei² mong⁴)

  Dungan: эҗәли (ežəli), сымон (sɨmon)

  Hakka: 死亡 (sí-mòng)

  Hokkien: 死亡 (zh-min-nan) (sí-bông)

  Mandarin: 死亡 (zh) (sǐwáng)

  Wu: 死亡 (⁵sy-vaon; ⁵sy-maon)

• Chuvash: вилӗм (vilĕm)
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩ (mou)
• Cornish: mernans m
• Crimean Tatar: ölüm, ecel
• Czech: smrt (cs) f, skon (cs) m
• Dalmatian: muart m
• Danish: død (da) c
• Dargwa: бебкӏа (bebḳa)
• Dhivehi: މަރު (maru), ޥަފާތް (wafāt̊)
• Dolgan: өлүү (ölüü)
• Dutch: dood (nl) m, overlijden (nl) n
• Eastern Mari: колымаш (kolymaš)
• Egyptian: (mwt f)
• Erzya: кулома (kuloma)
• Esperanto: morto (eo)
• Estonian: surm (et)
• Evenki: буни (buņi)
• Faroese: deyði m
• Finnish: kuolema (fi)
• French: mort (fr) f, décès (fr) m
• Friulian: muart f
• Gagauz: ölüm
• Galician: morte (gl) f, falecemento (gl) m, pasamento (gl) m
• Georgian: სიკვდილი (siḳvdili), გარდაცვალება (gardacvaleba), მიცვალება (micvaleba)
• German: Tod (de) m, Exitus (de) m (medical jargon)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌿𐍃 m (dauþus)
• Greek: θάνατος (el) m (thánatos)

  Ancient: θάνατος m (thánatos), θανή f (thanḗ), τελευτή f (teleutḗ) (polite)

• Guaraní: mano (gn), e'õ, ñemano
• Gujarati: મૃત્યુ (gu) (mŕtyu), મરણ (maraṇ)
• Haitian Creole: lanmò
• Hausa: mutuwa (ha)
• Hawaiian: make
• Hebrew: מוות \ מָוֶת (he) m (mavet), מִיתָה f (mitá)
• Hiligaynon: kamatayon
• Hindi: मृत्यु (hi) m (mŕtyu), मरण (hi) m (maraṇ), मौत (hi) f (maut), मर्ग (hi) f (marg), मरना (hi) (marnā), विनाश (hi) m (vināś), मुर्दनी (hi) f (murdanī), मुर्दन m (murdan), अंत (hi) m (ant), इंतक़ाल m (intqāl), फ़ना f (fanā), कदन (hi) m (kadan), देहांत (hi) m (dehānt), शरीरांत (hi) m (śarīrānt), विदा (hi) f (vidā), कूच (hi) m (kūc), परलोकयात्रा f (parlokyātrā), प्रस्थान (hi) m (prasthān), अजल (hi) f (ajal), कजा (hi) f (kajā), वफात (hi) f (vaphāt), वफ़ात f (vafāt), अत्यय (hi) (atyay), अनुगति f (anugti), अवसान (hi) (avsān), आई (hi) (āī), क़ज़ा (qazā), गंगा-गति (gaṅgā-gati), ग़मी (ġamī), गति (hi) (gati), निःसरण (hi) (niḥsaraṇ), देह-त्याग (deh-tyāg), निधन (hi) (nidhan), निपात (hi) (nipāt), निमीलन (hi) (nimīlan), निर्ऋति (nirŕti), निर्वाण (hi) (nirvāṇ), प्रयाण (hi) (prayāṇ), गमन (hi) (gaman), प्रस्थान (hi) (prasthān), रवानगी (hi) (ravāngī), मौता (mautā), रेहलत (rehlat), फ़ौत (faut)
• Hittite: 𒄭𒅔𒃷 n (ḫi-in-kán), 𒀝𒂵𒀀𒋻 n (ag-ga-a-tar)
• Hungarian: halál (hu), halálozás (hu), elhalálozás (hu), holta (hu), elhunyta (hu)
• Hunsrik: Dod m
• Icelandic: dauði (is) m, andlát (is) n, fráfall n
• Ido: morto (io)
• Ilocano: patay
• Indonesian: kematian (id)
• Ingrian: koolema, surma
• Interlingua: morte
• Inuktitut: ᐋᔪᐃᓕᖅᑐᖅ (aayoiliqtoq), ᑐᖁᓂᖅ (iu) (toqoniq)
• Irish: éag m, bás (ga) m
• Istriot: muorto
• Italian: morte (it) f, dipartita (it) f, decesso (it) m, morire (it) m
• Japanese: 死 (ja) (し, shi), 死亡 (ja) (しぼう, shibō)
• Javanese: pati (jv), kepatèn
• Jeju: ᄉᆞ망 (sawmang), 죽음 (jugeum)
• Kabardian: лӏэныгъэ (kbd) (lˢʼɛnəğɛ)
• Kalmyk: үкл (ükl)
• Kannada: ಮರಣ (kn) (maraṇa)
• Kapampangan: kamatayan
• Karachay-Balkar: ёлюм (yolüm), ажал (ajal), аджал (acal)
• Karakalpak: ólim
• Karelian: kuolema, kuolenda, kuolenta, šurma
• Kashubian: smierc f
• Kazakh: өлім (kk) (ölım), ажал (ajal), қаза (qaza), опат (opat)
• Khakas: ӧлім
• Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្លាប់ (sackdəy slap), កាលកិរិយា (km) (kaalkereyaa), អនិច្ចកម្ម (ʼaʼnɨccaʼkam), ការតាយ (kaa taay)
• Kinaray-a: kamatayon
• Korean: 죽음 (ko) (jugeum), 사망(死亡) (ko) (samang)
• Kumyk: оьлюм (ölüm)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەرگ (ckb) (merg), وەفات (wefat)

  Northern Kurdish: mirin (ku) f, merg (ku) f, wefat (ku) f, mewt (ku) f, emrê Xwedê (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: өлүм (ky) (ölüm), ажал (ky) (ajal)
• Ladin: mort f
• Lakota: wičhúŋt’e
• Lao: ຄວາມຕາຍ (khuām tāi), ການຕາຍ (kān tāi), ມໍລະນະ (mǭ la na)
• Latgalian: nuove
• Latin: mors (la) f, nex (la) f, exitium n, quietus m, letum (la) n, finis (la) m or f, obitus m, funus (la) n
• Latvian: nāve f, miršana f
• Laz: ღურა (ğura)
• Lithuanian: mirtis (lt) f
• Lombard: mort (lmo)
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: dood (nds) m

  German Low German: Dood (nds) m

• Loxicha Zapotec: please add this translation if you can
• Lutuv: thiyna
• Luxembourgish: Doud (lb) m
• Macedonian: смрт (mk) f (smrt)
• Maguindanao: kapatay
• Malay: kematian (ms)
• Malayalam: മരണം (ml) (maraṇaṁ)
• Maltese: mewt f
• Manx: baase m
• Maori: mate (mi), mate kiatu (death by violence), mate tara-ā-whare (death from natural causes), mate whawhati tata (sudden death), mate koeo (natural death), hautapu (by violence)
• Maranao: kapatay
• Marathi: मरण n (maraṇ), मृत्यू m (mrutyū)
• Mingrelian: ღურა (ɣura)
• Mirandese: muorte f
• Moksha: кулома (kuloma)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үхэл (mn) (üxel)

  Mongolian: ᠦᠬᠦᠯ (ükül)

• Nahuatl: miquiztli (nah)
• Navajo: aniné, anoonééł
• Neapolitan: morte f
• Nepali: मृत्यु (mr̥tyu), मरण (maraṇ)
• Ngazidja Comorian: wafati, hufa, mauti class 9/10, mfo class 3, mfariki
• Nogai: оьлим (ölim)
• Norman: mort f, décès m
• Northern Sami: jápmin
• Northern Yukaghir: йабал (jabal)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: død (no) m, dødsfall n, ende (no) m

  Nynorsk: daude (nn) m, dødsfall n

• Occitan: mort (oc) f, mòrt (oc) f
• Odia: ମରଣ (or) (maraṇa), ମୃତ୍ୟୁ (or) (mrutyu)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: съмрьть f (sŭmrĭtĭ)

• Old East Slavic: съмьрть f (sŭmĭrtĭ)
• Old English: dēaþ m
• Old French: mort f
• Old Norse: dauði m
• Old Prussian: gals
• Old Tupi: e'õ
• Oromo: du'a
• Ossetian: мӕлӕт (mælæt)
• Ottoman Turkish: اولوم (ölüm), موت (mevt), مرگ (merg)
• Pali: maraṇa
• Pannonian Rusyn: шмерц f (šmerc), загибель f (zahibelʹ), погибель f (pohibelʹ)
• Pashto: مرګ m (marg), وفات m (wafāt)
• Persian:

  Dari: مَوْت, مَرْگ, وَفَات, دَرْگُذَشْت, اَجَل (ajal) (poetic)

  Iranian Persian: مُوْت (mowt), مَرْگ (marg), وَفات (vafât), دَرْگُذَشْت (dargozašt), اَجَل (ajal) (poetic)

• Phoenician: 𐤌𐤅𐤕 (mwt)
• Piedmontese: mòrt f
• Polish: śmierć (pl) f, zgon (pl) m
• Portuguese: morte (pt) f, falecimento (pt), óbito (pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਮੌਤ (pa) (maut), ਜਮ m (jam), ਮਰਗ f (marag)

• Purepecha: uarhikua
• Quechua: wañu
• Romanian: moarte (ro) f
• Russian: смерть (ru) f (smertʹ), ги́бель (ru) f (gíbelʹ), поги́бель (ru) f (pogíbelʹ), кончи́на (ru) f (končína)
• Saho: raba
• Sanskrit: मृत्यु (sa) m (mṛtyú), मरण (sa) n (maraṇa), निर्वाण (sa) n (nirvāṇa), मार (sa) m (māra), मोक्ष (sa) m (mokṣa), अन्त (sa) m (anta), काल (sa) m (kāla), मृत (sa) m (mṛta), अभाव (sa) m (abhāva)
• Santali: ᱢᱳᱨᱳᱱ (moron)
• Sardinian: molte, morte, morti f
• Scots: daith
• Scottish Gaelic: bàs m, caochladh m, eug m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смр̏т f, поги́бија f (in battle)

  Roman: smȑt (sh) f, pogíbija (sh) f (in battle)

• Shor: ӧлӱш (ölüş)
• Sicilian: morti (scn) f
• Silesian: śmiyrć f
• Sindhi: وَفاتِ (vafāti)
• Sinhalese: මරණය (maraṇaya)
• Skolt Sami: jäämmʼmõš
• Slovak: smrť (sk) f
• Slovene: smrt (sl) f
• Somali: dhimasho
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: smjerś f

  Upper Sorbian: smjerć f

• Southern Altai: ӧлӱм (ölüm)
• Spanish: muerte (es) f, éxitus m
• Sranan Tongo: dede
• Svan: დაგარ (dagar)
• Swahili: kifo (sw)
• Swedish: död (sv) c
• Tabasaran: аьжал (a̱žal)
• Tagalog: kamatayan
• Tajik: марг (tg) (marg), вафот (vafot), даргузашт (darguzašt), мавт (mavt), аҷал (tg) (ajal) (poetic)
• Tamil: மரணம் (ta) (maraṇam), இறப்பு (ta) (iṟappu), சாவு (ta) (cāvu)
• Tarifit: ametti m
• Tatar: үлем (tt) (ülem), әҗәл (tt) (äcäl)
• Telugu: మరణము (te) (maraṇamu), చావు (te) (cāvu)
• Thai: ความตาย (th) (kwaam-dtaai), มรณะ (th) (mɔɔ-rá-ná)
• Tibetan: འཆི་བ ('chi ba)
• Tigrinya: ሞት (mot)
• Tocharian B: srukelle
• Tongan: mate
• Tupinambá: eõ
• Turkish: ölüm (tr), mevt (tr), memat (tr) (archaic), vefat (tr), irtihal (tr) (archaic), ecel (tr) (poetic)
• Turkmen: ölüm (tk), ajal (tk)
• Tuvan: өлүм (ölüm)
• Udmurt: кулон (kulon), кулэм (kulem)
• Ukrainian: смерть (uk) f (smertʹ)
• Umbundu: kalunga
• Urdu: مَوت f (maut), مَرْگ f (marg), وَفات f (vafāt), اِنْتِقال m (intiqāl), اَجَل f (ajal) (poetic)
• Uyghur: ئۆلۈم (ölüm)
• Uzbek: oʻlim (uz), ajal (uz), vafot (uz), mamot (uz), marg (uz) (literary)
• Venetan: morte f
• Vietnamese: (cái, sự) chết (vi), tử vong (vi)
• Volapük: deadam (vo)
• Votic: surmõ
• Walloon: moirt (wa) f
• Welsh: marwolaeth (cy) f, angau (cy) m, tranc m
• West Frisian: dea m
• Wolof: dee (wo)
• Xhosa: ukufa
• Yakut: өлүү (ölüü)
• Yiddish: טויט m (toyt), מוות m (moves), מיתה f (mise)
• Yoruba: ikú
• Yucatec Maya: kíimili'
• Zhuang: daindangdumz, daindangndaek
• Zulu: ukufa

personification of death

• Asturian: güestia f
• Basque: herio (eu)
• Breton: Ankoù (br) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 死神 (zh) (sǐshén)

• Czech: smrtka (cs) f, smrt (cs)
• Danish: Døden
• Dutch: dood (nl) m
• Esperanto: Mortulo
• Estonian: surm (et), vikatimees
• Finnish: kuolema (fi)
• French: camarde (fr) f (poetic)
• Galician: morte (gl) f
• German: Tod (de) m
• Greek: Χάρος (el) m (Cháros)

  Ancient: Χάρων m (Khárōn)

• Hindi: मृत्यु (hi) (mŕtyu), यम (hi) m (yam), काल (hi) (kāl)
• Irish: bás (ga)
• Italian: morte (it)
• Japanese: 死神 (ja) (しにがみ, shinigami)
• Korean: 사신(死神) (ko) (sasin), 저승사자 (jeoseungsaja)
• Latin: mors (la) f, letus m
• Latvian: nāve f
• Macedonian: смрт (mk) f (smrt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Døden

  Nynorsk: Dauden m

• Polish: śmierć (pl) f, kostucha (pl) f
• Portuguese: morte (pt) f
• Romanian: moartea (ro) f
• Russian: смерть (ru) f (smertʹ) (с косо́й), а́нгел сме́рти (ru) m (ángel smérti)
• Sanskrit: यम (sa) m (yama), काल (sa) (kāla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: смр̏т f

  Roman: smȑt (sh) f

• Slovene: smrt (sl) f
• Spanish: Muerte f
• Swahili: kifo (sw)
• Swedish: döden (sv) c
• Tarifit: ametti m
• Turkish: Erlik (tr) (mythological)
• Vietnamese: tử thần (vi) (死神), thần chết, cái chết
• Walloon: Fåtcheuse (wa) f
• Welsh: angau (cy) m

Tarot

• Catalan: la mort
• Czech: smrt (cs)
• Dutch: dood (nl)
• Estonian: surm (et)
• Finnish: kuolema (fi)
• French: la mort (fr) f, l’arcane sans nom
• German: der Tod (de) m
• Greek: Θάνατος (el) m (Thánatos)
• Hungarian: halál (hu), nagy arkánum
• Italian: la morte, l'arcano senza nome
• Japanese: 死神 (ja) (しにがみ, shinigami)
• Korean: 죽음 (ko) (jugeum), 사신(死神) (ko) (sasin)
• Macedonian: смрт (mk) f (smrt)
• Polish: śmierć (pl)
• Portuguese: Morte f, arcano sem nome m
• Russian: смерть (ru) f (smertʹ)
• Spanish: la muerte, el arcano de la muerte
• Turkish: ölüm (tr)

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• Bengali: নিধন (bn) (nidhon)
• German: Tod (de) m, Untergang (de) m
• Hindi: निधन (hi) (nidhan)
• Japanese: 消滅 (ja) (しょうめつ, shōmetsu), 滅亡 (ja) (めつぼう, metsubō)
• Maori: pahemotanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: undergang

  Nynorsk: undergang m

• Turkish: son (tr), çöküş (tr), bitim (tr)
• Walloon: fén (wa) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} trépas m (Jersey)

See also

• afterlife
• cemetery
• cremation
• die
• funeral
• graveyard
• morgue
• mortal
• mortician
• mortuary
• obituary
• the big one
• the big sleep
• tombstone

Further reading

• The Definition of Death - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Anagrams

• Theda, hated

Japanese

Etymology

Appropriation of English death for a homophone.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) です [déꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [de̞sɨ̥]

Verb

death(デス) • (desu) 

1. (slang, humorous) Alternative spelling of です (desu)
   • [2000, 言語‎^[5], volume 第 29 巻、第 1～4 号:

     「なのでR」や「そうdeath」

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)]

   • 2009, ニホンちゃんしるブプレ: 国際情勢風刺寓話集‎^[6], ニホンちゃんしるブプレ, →ISBN, page 32:

     ニホンちゃんの特別な存在になるにはカンコ君、あと半万年ほど時間がかかりそう death

     It will take about half a million more years for Kanko-kun to become special to Nihong-chan.

   • 2020 September 5, 剣名舞, 浅田有皆, M.C.☆LAW　大合本（全3巻）‎^[7], ゴマブックス株式会社:

     合気道五段の私にちょっかいかけるからDEATH(デス)わよ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Scots

Noun

death (plural deaths)

1. Alternative form of daith