"electrocute" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪˈlɛktɹəkjuːt/, /əˈlɛktɹəkjuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-electrocute.wav Forms: electrocutes [present, singular, third-person], electrocuting [participle, present], electrocuted [participle, past], electrocuted [past]
Etymology: Blend of electro- + execute. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{blend|en|electro-|execute}} Blend of electro- + execute Head templates: {{en-verb}} electrocute (third-person singular simple present electrocutes, present participle electrocuting, simple past and past participle electrocuted)
  1. (transitive) To kill by electric shock. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-electrocute-en-verb-j-IlOaWL Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 31 33 36
  2. (transitive) To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Death, Electricity Synonyms: fry [slang]
    Sense id: en-electrocute-en-verb-J7i8YfVf Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 3 84 13 Disambiguation of Death: 0 77 23 Disambiguation of Electricity: 10 69 21 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 31 33 36
  3. (transitive, proscribed, informal) To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon. Tags: informal, proscribed, transitive Synonyms: electrify, shock, tase, zap Translations (to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally): 電擊 /电击 (diànjī) (Chinese Mandarin), antaa sähköisku (Finnish), бить то́ком (bitʹ tókom) [imperfective] (Russian), уда́рить то́ком (udáritʹ tókom) [perfective] (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: electrocuter Related terms: electrocution [noun] Translations (to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock): electrocutar (Catalan), 電死 /电死 (diànsǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), popravit na elektrickém křesle (english: to execute in electric chair) [perfective] (Czech), zabít elektrickým proudem (english: to kill by electric shock) [perfective] (Czech), elektrocuteren (Dutch), teloittaa sähkötuolissa (english: to execute in electric chair) (Finnish), kuolla sähköiskuun (english: to die due to accidental electric shock) (Finnish), électrocuter (French), electrocutar (Galician), auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hinrichten (english: to execute in electric chair) (German), durch Stromschlag töten (english: to kill by electric shock) (German), ηλεκτρίζω (ilektrízo) (Greek), חישמל למוות (khishmél l'mávet) (Hebrew), fulminare (Italian), elektrocutéieren (Luxembourgish), eletrocutar (Portuguese), казни́ть на электри́ческом сту́ле (kaznítʹ na elektríčeskom stúle) (english: to execute in electric chair) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), уби́ть то́ком (ubítʹ tókom) (english: to kill with the electric current, accidentally or deliberately) [perfective] (Russian), electrocutar (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock': 33 37 31

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} electrocute
  1. inflection of electrocutar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: electrocutar
    Sense id: en-electrocute-pt-verb-KnIdna30 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 5 14 33 6 33 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 13 37 4 37 4 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
  2. inflection of electrocutar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: electrocutar
    Sense id: en-electrocute-pt-verb-b7C8WXVn

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} electrocute
  1. inflection of electrocutar:
    first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: electrocutar
    Sense id: en-electrocute-es-verb-KnIdna30 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 5 14 33 6 33 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 13 37 4 37 4 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. inflection of electrocutar:
    third-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, singular, third-person Form of: electrocutar
    Sense id: en-electrocute-es-verb-b7C8WXVn

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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