death

馃拃
Meaning

  1. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
  2. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
  3. The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
  4. The collapse or end of something.
  5. The collapse or end of something.
  6. Spiritual lifelessness.

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d蓻胃/
Etymology

From Middle English deeth, from Old English d膿a镁, from Proto-West Germanic *dau镁u, from Proto-Germanic *dau镁uz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish d枚d, Norwegian d酶d), from Proto-Indo-European *d拾贸wtus. More at die.

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