"euthanasia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /juː.θəˈneɪ.zɪ.ə/ [UK], /juːθəˈneɪʒə/ [US] Audio: en-us-euthanasia.ogg [US] Forms: euthanasias [plural]
enPR: yo͞o"thənā'zhə Etymology: First attested in 1606, from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|εὐθανασία|}} Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía), {{m|grc|εὐ-||good}} εὐ- (eu-, “good”), {{m|grc|θάνατος||death}} θάνατος (thánatos, “death”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} euthanasia (usually uncountable, plural euthanasias)
  1. The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal for humane reasons, especially in order to end suffering. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: mercy killing
    Sense id: en-euthanasia-en-noun-ER-U5h-g Disambiguation of Death: 39 28 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 7 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 11 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 26 38
  2. (euphemistic, especially Nazism) The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person. Tags: Nazism, especially, euphemistic, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Nazism, Death
    Sense id: en-euthanasia-en-noun-rhDjRMd6 Disambiguation of Death: 39 28 34 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 11 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 26 38
  3. (obsolete) An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death. Tags: obsolete, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-euthanasia-en-noun-3bkx2bzQ Disambiguation of Death: 39 28 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 7 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 47 11 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 36 26 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: euthanasy [archaic] Hypernyms: assisted dying Hyponyms: assisted suicide Derived forms: active euthanasia, euthanase, euthanasiac, euthanasian, euthanasist, euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, euthaniser, euthanize Related terms: thanato- Translations (practice of killing a human being or animal): vdekje e lehtë (Albanian), قَتْلٌ رَحِيم (qatlun raḥīm) [masculine] (Arabic), էվթանազիա (ēvtʿanazia) (Armenian), evtanaziya (Azerbaijani), эвтаназия (evtanaziya) (Bashkir), эўтана́зія (eŭtanázija) [feminine] (Belarusian), евтана́зия (evtanázija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), eutanàsia [feminine] (Catalan), 安樂死 (Chinese Mandarin), 安乐死 (ānlèsǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), eutanazie [feminine] (Czech), eutanasi (Danish), euthanasie [feminine] (Dutch), eŭtanazio (Esperanto), eutanaasia (Estonian), eutanasia (Finnish), armomurha (note: of humans) (Finnish), lopettaminen (note: of animals) (Finnish), euthanasie [feminine] (French), eutanasia [feminine] (Galician), ევთანაზია (evtanazia) (Georgian), Euthanasie [feminine] (German), ευθανασία (efthanasía) [feminine] (Greek), המתת חסד (Hebrew), इच्छामृत्यु (icchāmŕtyu) (Hindi), eutanázia (Hungarian), líknardráp [neuter] (Icelandic), eutanasia (Indonesian), eotanáis [feminine] (Irish), eutanasia [feminine] (Italian), 安楽死 (anrakushi) (alt: あんらくし) (Japanese), オイタナジー (Japanese), ユータナジー (Japanese), ユーサネイジア (Japanese), эвтаназия (évtanaziä) (Kazakh), 안락사 (allaksa) (alt: 安樂死) (Korean), эвтаназия (evtanaziya) (Kyrgyz), euthanasia [feminine] (Latin), eutanasi [common-gender] (Norwegian), اتانازی (otânâzi) (Persian), eutanazja [feminine] (Polish), eutanásia [feminine] (Portuguese), eutanasie [feminine] (Romanian), эвтана́зия (evtanázija) [feminine] (Russian), еутаназија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), eutanazija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), eutanázia [feminine] (Slovak), evtanazija [feminine] (Slovene), eutanasia [feminine] (Spanish), eutanasi [common-gender] (Swedish), การุณยฆาต (gaa-run-yá-kâat) (Thai), ötanazi (Turkish), евтана́зія (evtanázija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ейтана́зія (ejtanázija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), an tử (Vietnamese), deadiyuf (Volapük), ewthanasia (Welsh), marwolaeth esmwyth (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'practice of killing a human being or animal': 49 50 1

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      "word": "การุณยฆาต"
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "安樂死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānlèsǐ",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "lopettaminen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "euthanasie"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "eutanasia"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "evtanazia",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "ევთანაზია"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "המתת חסד"
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      "word": "इच्छामृत्यु"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "eutanázia"
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      "code": "is",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "alt": "安樂死",
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      "roman": "allaksa",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "안락사"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "code": "no",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "eutanásia"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eutanázia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "evtanazija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eutanasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "eutanasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaa-run-yá-kâat",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "การุณยฆาต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "ötanazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "evtanázija",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "евтана́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ejtanázija",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ейтана́зія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "an tử"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "deadiyuf"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "ewthanasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "practice of killing a human being or animal",
      "word": "marwolaeth esmwyth"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "euthanasia"
  ],
  "word": "euthanasia"
}

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