lethal

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

Of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal.

Noun

1. Any weapon that causes death.
2. An allele that causes the death of the organism that carries it.

Noun

One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.

Conceptes

mortal

letal

mortífer

letífer

Oposat a

non-lethal

Sinònims

deadly

fatal

mortal

deathly

dangerous

pestilent

mortiferous

pernicious

terminal

vital

lethal gene

lethal factor

baneful

death

💀

killable

killing

kills

lethiferous

murder

murderous

Traduccions

létal

mortel

letale

letal

mortale

tödlich

dodelijk

mortal

قاتل

mortal

letal

letal

fatal

θανατηφόρος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈliː.θəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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”).

Frases

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .

Both attacks were lethal and also caused hundreds of injuries .