See electrocution on Wiktionary
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"electric chair",
"electric chair"
]
],
"qualifier": "originally",
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally) Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "electrothanasia"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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61,
74
]
],
"text": "The faulty wiring caused the unfortunate worker’s accidental electrocution.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The accidental death or suicide by electric shock."
],
"links": [
[
"death",
"death"
],
[
"suicide",
"suicide"
],
[
"electric shock",
"electric shock"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English proscribed terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, proscribed) A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"informal",
"proscribed",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuːʃən/"
},
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "electrocució"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "diànsǐ",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"word": "電死 /电死"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elektrocutie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"word": "sähkökuolema"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "électrocution"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tod durch Stromschlag"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"word": "Tod infolge elektrischen Schlags"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"lang_code": "el",
"roman": "ilektroplixía",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ηλεκτροπληξία"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "elettrocuzione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fulminazione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "kandenshi",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"word": "感電死"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eletrocussão"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "electrocutare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "smértʹ ot elektríčeskovo tóka",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сме́рть от электри́ческого то́ка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "medical term",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "smertélʹnaja elektrotrávma",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "medical term",
"word": "смерте́льная электротра́вма"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "electrocución"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "diànxíng",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"word": "電刑 /电刑"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"word": "sähköteloitus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "électrocution"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hinrichtung auf dem elektrischen Stuhl"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Elektrokution"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"word": "villamosszékben való/történő kivégzés"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "denki isu kei",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"word": "電気椅子刑"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "kaznʹ na elektríčeskom stúle",
"sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "казнь на электри́ческом сту́ле"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "chúdiàn",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"word": "觸電 /触电"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"word": "sähköisku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "électrocution"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stromschlag"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Elektroschock"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"word": "áramütés"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "porażenie prądem"
},
{
"alt": "электри́ческим",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пораже́ние то́ком"
},
{
"alt": "электри́ческим",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "уда́р то́ком"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"note": "of animals before killing",
"roman": "elektroglušénije",
"sense": "a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "электроглуше́ние"
}
],
"word": "electrocution"
}
Download raw JSONL data for electrocution meaning in All languages combined (11.3kB)
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