"lethal" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈliː.θəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lethal.wav Forms: more lethal [comparative], most lethal [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːθəl Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), improperly written lēthālis, from lētum (“death”), improperly written as lēthum, from a supposed connection with Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|lētālis||deadly, mortal, fatal}} Learned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), {{nc|grc|λήθη||oblivion, forgetfulness}} Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lethal (comparative more lethal, superlative most lethal)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal. Categories (topical): Death Related terms: nonlethality, semilethality, sublethality, sublethally Translations (of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal): θανάσιμος (thanásimos) (Ancient Greek), مُمِيت (mumīt) (Arabic), смяро́тны (smjarótny) (Belarusian), смертано́сны (smjertanósny) (Belarusian), лета́льны (ljetálʹny) (Belarusian), смъртоно́сен (smǎrtonósen) (Bulgarian), смъ́ртен (smǎ́rten) (Bulgarian), лета́лен (letálen) (Bulgarian), letal (Catalan), mortal (Catalan), 致命的 (zhìmìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 致死的 (zhìsǐdē) (Chinese Mandarin), smrtící (Czech), smrtonosný (Czech), smrtelný (Czech), dodelijk (Dutch), letaal (Dutch), mortiga (Esperanto), kuolettava (Finnish), tappava (Finnish), letaali (Finnish), létal (French), léthal (note: now considered to be a misspelling) [obsolete] (French), mortel (French), fatal (French), tödlich (German), letal (German), φονικός (fonikós) (Greek), θανατηφόρος (thanatifóros) (Greek), letal (Indonesian), marfach (Irish), letale (Italian), 必殺の (hissatsu no) (alt: ひっさつの) (Japanese), 致命的な (chimeiteki na) (alt: ちめいてきな) (Japanese), 致死の (chishi no) (alt: ちしの) (Japanese), 치명적인 (chimyeongjeog-in) (Korean), 치사의 (chisaui) (Korean), mortifer (Latin), mortiferus (Latin), lētālis (Latin), lēthālis (Latin), смртен (smrten) (Macedonian), letalny (Polish), śmiertelny (Polish), śmiercionośny (Polish), fatal (Portuguese), letal (Portuguese), mortal (Portuguese), смерте́льный (smertélʹnyj) (Russian), смертоно́сный (smertonósnyj) [especially] (Russian), лета́льный (letálʹnyj) (note: esp. medical) (Russian), смр̏тан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), смрто̀носан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), smȑtan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), smrtònosan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), smrteľný (Slovak), smrtonosný (Slovak), smrtiaci (Slovak), smrtonosen (Slovene), smrten (Slovene), letal (Spanish), dödlig (Swedish), livsfarlig (Swedish), смерте́льний (smertélʹnyj) (Ukrainian), смертоно́сний (smertonósnyj) (Ukrainian), лета́льний (letálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
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Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈliː.θəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lethal.wav Forms: lethals [plural]
Rhymes: -iːθəl Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), improperly written lēthālis, from lētum (“death”), improperly written as lēthum, from a supposed connection with Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|lētālis||deadly, mortal, fatal}} Learned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), {{nc|grc|λήθη||oblivion, forgetfulness}} Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lethal (plural lethals)
  1. Any weapon that causes death.
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  2. (genetics) An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it. Categories (topical): Genetics
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Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈliː.θəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lethal.wav
Rhymes: -iːθəl Etymology: Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lethal (uncountable)
  1. (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
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Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
          "word": "mortel"
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      "word": "smrtonosný"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "dodelijk"
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      "word": "letaal"
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      "word": "mortiga"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "kuolettava"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "tappava"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "letaali"
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "létal"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "note": "now considered to be a misspelling",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "mortel"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "fatal"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "fonikós",
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      "word": "φονικός"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "θανατηφόρος"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "letal"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "marfach"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "letale"
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      "alt": "ひっさつの",
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      "roman": "hissatsu no",
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      "word": "必殺の"
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      "alt": "ちめいてきな",
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      "roman": "chimeiteki na",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "致命的な"
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      "alt": "ちしの",
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      "roman": "chishi no",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "치명적인"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "chisaui",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "치사의"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "mortifer"
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "mortiferus"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "letalny"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
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    {
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "smrtiaci"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "smrtonosen"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "smrten"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "letal"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "dödlig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "livsfarlig"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "smertélʹnyj",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
      "word": "смерте́льний"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "letálʹnyj",
      "sense": "of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal",
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