Definitions from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
together	already	son	#303: death	works	perhaps	state

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: dĕth, IPA: /dɛθ/, SAMPA: /dET/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɛθ

[ Etymology

Old English dēað

[ Noun

Wikipedia

death (plural deaths)

1. The cessation of life and all associated processes. The end of an organism's existence as an independent entity from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

   The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.

2. The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

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

[ Translations

cessation of life

Albanian: vdekje sq(sq) f. Arabic: موت (mawt) m. Aramaic: Syriac: ܡܘܬܐ (mawtā’) m. Hebrew: מותא (mawtā’) m. Armenian: մահ (mah) Bosnian: smrt bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: смърт bg(bg) (smǎrt) f. CJKV Characters: 死 Catalan: mort f. Chinese: 死亡 (sǐwáng) Croatian: smrt hr(hr) f. Czech: smrt cs(cs) f. Danish: død da(da) c. Dutch: dood nl(nl) m. Esperanto: morto eo(eo) Estonian: surm et(et) Faroese: deyði fo(fo) m. Finnish: kuolema fi(fi) French: mort fr(fr) f. German: Tod de(de) m. Greek: θάνατος (thánatos) m., θανατάς (thanatás) m., πεθαμός (pethamós) m., αποθαμός (apothamós) m., χάρος (xáros) m. Guaraní: mano, e'õ (t-) Hawaiian: make Hebrew: מוות (mavet) m. Hindi: मृत्यु (mrityu), मरण (mar.n), मौत (maut) Hungarian: halál hu(hu) Icelandic: dauði is(is) m. Indonesian: mati id(id) Interlingua: morte Italian: morte it(it) f. Japanese: 死 (shi) Korean: 죽음 (jugeum)

Kurdish: mirin ku(ku) f., merg ku(ku) f., wefat ku(ku) f., mewt ku(ku) f., emrê Xwedê ku(ku) m., مه‌رگ ku(ku), مردن ku(ku) Latin: mors la(la) f., exitium la(la) n., quietus la(la) m. Latvian: nāve lv(lv) f. Lithuanian: mirtis f. Low Saxon: dood m. Macedonian: смрт (smrt) f. Malayalam: മരണം (maraNam) Maori: mate mi(mi) Mongolian: үхэл (ühel) Norwegian: død no(no) m. Occitan: mòrt oc(oc) f. Persian: موت (mot), مرگ (marg) Polish: śmierć f., zgon m. Portuguese: morte pt(pt) f. Romanian: moarte ro(ro) f. Russian: смерть (smert’) f. Sardinian (Campidanese): morti f. Scottish Gaelic: bàs m. Serbian: Cyrillic: смрт f. Roman: smrt f. Slovak: smrť sk(sk) f. Slovene: smrt sl(sl) f. Spanish: muerte es(es) f. Swahili: kifo sw(sw) Swedish: död sv(sv) c. Telugu: మరణము (maranamu), చావు (chaavu) Tongan: mate Tupinambá: e'õ (t-) Turkish: ölüm tr(tr) Urdu: موت (mot), مرگ (marg), مرت (mritu) West Frisian: dea m.

personification of death

Greek: , Ancient: Χάρων (kharon) m. Modern: Χάρος (kharos) m.

Norwegian: døden no(no) Polish: śmierć pl(pl) f.

[ Related terms

angel of death dead deadly deathbed deathly deathy death mask

death penalty death row death wish die instadeath valley of death

[ See also

afterlife the big one thee big sleep cemetery early grave funeral graveyard

morgue mortal mortician mortuary obituary tombstone cremation