"electrocution" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuːʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-electrocution.wav Forms: electrocutions [plural]
Etymology: From electrocute + -ion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{suffix|en|electrocute|ion}} electrocute + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} electrocution (countable and uncountable, plural electrocutions)
  1. The accidental death or suicide by electric shock. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (accidental death or suicide by electric shock): electrocució [feminine] (Catalan), 電死 (Chinese Mandarin), 电死 (diànsǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), elektrocutie [feminine] (Dutch), sähkökuolema (Finnish), électrocution [feminine] (French), Tod durch Stromschlag [masculine] (German), Tod infolge elektrischen Schlags (German), ηλεκτροπληξία (ilektroplixía) [feminine] (Greek), elettrocuzione [feminine] (Italian), fulminazione [feminine] (Italian), 感電死 (kandenshi) (Japanese), eletrocussão [feminine] (Portuguese), electrocutare [feminine] (Romanian), сме́рть от электри́ческого то́ка (smértʹ ot elektríčeskovo tóka) [feminine] (Russian), смерте́льная электротра́вма (smertélʹnaja elektrotrávma) (english: medical term) [feminine] (Russian), electrocución [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Death, Electricity Translations (deliberate execution by electric shock): 電刑 (Chinese Mandarin), 电刑 (diànxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), sähköteloitus (Finnish), électrocution [feminine] (French), Hinrichtung auf dem elektrischen Stuhl [feminine] (German), villamosszékben való/történő kivégzés (Hungarian), 電気椅子刑 (denki isu kei) (Japanese), казнь на электри́ческом сту́ле (kaznʹ na elektríčeskom stúle) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-electrocution-en-noun-emjq-70w Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 10 78 13 Disambiguation of Death: 18 62 21 Disambiguation of Electricity: 6 82 12 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 33 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of 'deliberate execution by electric shock': 25 46 29
  3. (informal) A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Translations (a severe electric shock): 觸電 (Chinese Mandarin), 触电 (chúdiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), sähköisku (Finnish), électrocution [feminine] (French), Stromschlag [masculine] (German), Elektroschock [masculine] (German), áramütés (Hungarian), porażenie prądem [neuter] (Polish), пораже́ние то́ком (alt: электри́ческим) [neuter] (Russian), уда́р то́ком (alt: электри́ческим) [masculine] (Russian), электроглуше́ние (elektroglušénije) (note: of animals before killing) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-electrocution-en-noun-wW3VfYJh Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 33 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 39 37 24 Disambiguation of 'a severe electric shock': 25 30 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: execution

Inflected forms

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      },
      "expansion": "electrocute + -ion",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From electrocute + -ion.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "electrocutions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "electrocution (countable and uncountable, plural electrocutions)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "execution"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The accidental death or suicide by electric shock."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "death",
          "death"
        ],
        [
          "suicide",
          "suicide"
        ],
        [
          "electric shock",
          "electric shock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electric chair",
          "electric chair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuːʃən/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "electrocució"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "word": "電死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànsǐ",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "word": "电死"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elektrocutie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "word": "sähkökuolema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "électrocution"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tod durch Stromschlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "word": "Tod infolge elektrischen Schlags"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilektroplixía",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ηλεκτροπληξία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "elettrocuzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fulminazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kandenshi",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "word": "感電死"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eletrocussão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "electrocutare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "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",
      "roman": "smertélʹnaja elektrotrávma",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "смерте́льная электротра́вма"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "accidental death or suicide by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "electrocución"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "word": "電刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "diànxíng",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "word": "电刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "word": "sähköteloitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "électrocution"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hinrichtung auf dem elektrischen Stuhl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "word": "villamosszékben való/történő kivégzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "denki isu kei",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "word": "電気椅子刑"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kaznʹ na elektríčeskom stúle",
      "sense": "deliberate execution by electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "казнь на электри́ческом сту́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "word": "觸電"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chúdiàn",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "word": "触电"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "word": "sähköisku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "électrocution"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stromschlag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Elektroschock"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "word": "áramütés"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "porażenie prądem"
    },
    {
      "alt": "электри́ческим",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пораже́ние то́ком"
    },
    {
      "alt": "электри́ческим",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "уда́р то́ком"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of animals before killing",
      "roman": "elektroglušénije",
      "sense": "a severe electric shock",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "электроглуше́ние"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "electrocution"
  ],
  "word": "electrocution"
}

Download raw JSONL data for electrocution meaning in English (7.7kB)

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  "path": [
    "electrocution"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "electrocution",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": udár (elektríčeskim) tókom vs. электри́ческим",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
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