"suicide note" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: suicide notes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} suicide note (plural suicide notes)
  1. A message, usually a written note, left by someone who later attempts or commits suicide, usually explaining the reason for the suicide. Categories (topical): Suicide Translations (message left by a suicide): 遺書 /遗书 (yíshū) (Chinese Mandarin), zelfmoordbrief [masculine] (Dutch), itsemurhaviesti (Finnish), lettre d’adieu [feminine] (French), Abschiedsbrief [masculine] (German), búcsúlevél (Hungarian), lettera d'addio [feminine] (Italian), 遺書 (isho) (alt: いしょ) (Japanese), list pożegnalny [masculine] (Polish), предсме́ртная запи́ска (predsmértnaja zapíska) [feminine] (Russian), självmordsbrev [neuter] (Swedish), intihar notu (Turkish)

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