"deathwatch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛθwɒtʃ/ [UK] Audio: en-au-deathwatch.ogg Forms: deathwatches [plural]
Etymology: From death + watch. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|death|watch}} death + watch Head templates: {{en-noun}} deathwatch (plural deathwatches)
  1. A vigil beside a dying person Translations (a vigil beside a dying person): бдение при умиращ (bdenie pri umirašt) (Bulgarian), valvojaiset [plural] (Finnish), ruumiinvalvojaiset [plural] (Finnish), Totenwache [feminine] (German), дежу́рство у постели умершего (dežúrstvo u posteli umerševo) (Russian), бо́дрствование у постели умирающего (bódrstvovanije u posteli umirajuščevo) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deathwatch-en-noun-3-odBRTP Disambiguation of 'a vigil beside a dying person': 89 10 1
  2. One who guards a condemned person before execution. Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-deathwatch-en-noun-h2nG5Jqk Disambiguation of Death: 33 44 23
  3. A deathwatch beetle. Categories (lifeform): Bostrichiform beetles Translations (a deathwatch beetle): бръмбар-гробар (brǎmbar-grobar) (Bulgarian), escarabat del rellotge de la mort [masculine] (Catalan), puunkaivaja (Finnish), couza [feminine] (Galician), точильщик пёстрый (točilʹščik pjóstryj) (Russian), книжная вошь (knižnaja vošʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deathwatch-en-noun-Fu~UcSkr Disambiguation of Bostrichiform beetles: 6 17 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 18 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 9 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 19 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 17 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 18 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 15 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 14 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 11 85 Disambiguation of 'a deathwatch beetle': 0 3 96

Inflected forms

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