"suffocation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: suffocations [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English suffocation, suffocacioun, from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocatio. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|suffocation|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English suffocation, {{inh+|en|enm|suffocation}} Inherited from Middle English suffocation, {{der|en|frm|suffocation}} Middle French suffocation, {{der|en|la|suffocatio}} Latin suffocatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} suffocation (countable and uncountable, plural suffocations)
  1. (uncountable) Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia. Tags: countable Translations (particular death or killing): удушване (udušvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), πνιγμονή (pnigmoní) [feminine] (Greek), πνιγμοσύνη (pnigmosýni) [feminine] (Greek), megfojtás (Hungarian), удуше́ние (udušénije) [neuter] (Russian), tachdadh (english: killing) [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: asphyxia Derived forms: suffocation mate Related terms: suffocate Translations (asphyxia): задушаване (zadušavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), kvælning [common-gender] (Danish), verstikking [feminine] (Dutch), i-tm-m-W-nDs:Z2 (jtmw) (Egyptian), suffocation [feminine] (French), Erstickung [feminine] (German), πνιγμονή (pnigmoní) [feminine] (Greek), πνίξιμο (pníximo) [neuter] (Greek), πνιγμοσύνη (pnigmosýni) [feminine] (Greek), fulladás (Hungarian), múchadh [masculine] (Irish), plúchadh [masculine] (Irish), soffocazione (Italian), suffocatio [feminine] (Latin), suffocâtion [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), удуше́ние (udušénije) [neuter] (Russian), уду́шье (udúšʹje) [neuter] (Russian), kvävning [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'asphyxia': 50 50

Noun [French]

IPA: /sy.fɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-suffocation.wav Forms: suffocations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin suffocātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|suffocatio|suffocātiōnem}} Latin suffocātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} suffocation f (plural suffocations)
  1. suffocation Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The moon, directly opposite, flung into the room a long and tremulous line of light, which fell on Guido's face, as he reclined on the pillows which supported his head; he needed the support, for a feeling of suffocation was his constant complaint.",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "zadušavane",
      "sense": "asphyxia",
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        "neuter"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "asphyxia",
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        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "asphyxia",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "asphyxia",
      "word": "soffocazione"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "asphyxia",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
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      ],
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "particular death or killing",
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "english": "killing",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "tachdadh"
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