See pass away in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "passes away",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "passing away",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "passed away",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
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{
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"expansion": "pass away (third-person singular simple present passes away, present participle passing away, simple past and past participle passed away)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English euphemisms",
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"source": "w"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:",
"text": "He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.",
"type": "quote"
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"glosses": [
"To die."
],
"id": "en-pass_away-en-verb-jx6TKsZL",
"links": [
[
"die",
"die"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(euphemistic, idiomatic) To die."
],
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "rəhmətə getmək"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "dünyasını dəyişmək"
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "vəfat etmək"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umiram",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "умирам"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "traspassar"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "過身"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gwo³ san¹",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "过身"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qùshì",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "去世"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shìshì",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "逝世"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "過世"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guòshì",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "过世"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "gå bort"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "sove ind"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "overlijden"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ontslapen"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "heengaan"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "nukkua pois"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "décéder"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "s’éteindre"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "entschlafen"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "versterben"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xepsychó",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ξεψυχώ"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "afíno tin teleftaía mou pnoḯ",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "αφήνω την τελευταία μου πνοή"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "niftár",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "נִפְטַר"
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"roman": "halákh l'olamó",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "elhuny"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "örökre lehunyja a szemét"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "pasar"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "meninggal dunia"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "wafat"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "saavva hukkaa"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "imigh sall"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "scomparire"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "mancare"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "venire a mancare"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "iku, yuku",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "逝く"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nakunaru",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "亡くなる"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seikyo suru",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "逝去する"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doragasida",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "돌아가시다"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "aborior"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "pereō"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "maty"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "meninggal dunia"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ihalōkaṁ veṭiyuka",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ഇഹലോകം വെടിയുക"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "niryātanākuka",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
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"word": "നിര്യാതനാകുക"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "öngöröx",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "өнгөрөх"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "üxex",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "үхэх"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "pâsser l'pas"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "gå bort"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fowt kardan",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "فوت کردن"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "odejść"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "falecer"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
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"word": "ir-se"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "da duhul"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "sfârși"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "muri"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "deceda"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "răposa"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "înceta din viață"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skončátʹsja",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сконча́ться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "umerétʹ",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
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"word": "умере́ть"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
],
"word": "преминути"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
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"perfective"
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"word": "preminuti"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "fallecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "dejarnos"
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{
"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "finar"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "gå bort"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǐia-chii-wít",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "เสียชีวิต"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "göçmek"
},
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "Hakk'ın rahmetine kavuşmak"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "tr",
"english": "albeit not being a euphemism, archaic wording distances the occurrence of death from its unpleasantness",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "vefat etmek"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ruhunu teslim etmek"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ebediyete intikal etmek"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "vaktini doldurmak"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "bấu mì"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidijtý u víčnistʹ",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відійти́ у ві́чність"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "qua đời"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "vi",
"english": "fall in battle:",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "từ trần"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "viên tịch"
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"_dis1": "97 3 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "huno"
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"word": "過身"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "去世"
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"word": "过世"
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"word": "gå bort"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "sove ind"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "décéder"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "s’éteindre"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "entschlafen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "versterben"
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"word": "ξεψυχώ"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "αφήνω την τελευταία μου πνοή"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "נִפְטַר"
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"code": "he",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "pasar"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "meninggal dunia"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "imigh sall"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "scomparire"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "mancare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "venire a mancare"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "逝く"
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"code": "ja",
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"roman": "nakunaru",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "亡くなる"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seikyo suru",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "逝去する"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doragasida",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "돌아가시다"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "aborior"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "pereō"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "maty"
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"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "maty"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "meninggal dunia"
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"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ihalōkaṁ veṭiyuka",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ഇഹലോകം വെടിയുക"
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"roman": "niryātanākuka",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"word": "നിര്യാതനാകുക"
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"roman": "öngöröx",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "өнгөрөх"
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "üxex",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "үхэх"
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"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "pâsser l'pas"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "gå bort"
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fowt kardan",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "فوت کردن"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "odejść"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "falecer"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"word": "ir-se"
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "da duhul"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "sfârși"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "muri"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "deceda"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "răposa"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "înceta din viață"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "skončátʹsja",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"word": "сконча́ться"
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"roman": "umerétʹ",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"word": "умере́ть"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"word": "преминути"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
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"word": "preminuti"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "fallecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "dejarnos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "finar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "gå bort"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǐia-chii-wít",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "เสียชีวิต"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "göçmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "Hakk'ın rahmetine kavuşmak"
},
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"code": "tr",
"english": "albeit not being a euphemism, archaic wording distances the occurrence of death from its unpleasantness",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "vefat etmek"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ruhunu teslim etmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "ebediyete intikal etmek"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "vaktini doldurmak"
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"code": "tyz",
"lang": "Tày",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "bấu mì"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidijtý u víčnistʹ",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "відійти́ у ві́чність"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "qua đời"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"english": "fall in battle:",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "từ trần"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "viên tịch"
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"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to die (euphemistic)",
"word": "huno"
}
],
"word": "pass away"
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