Complete Definition of "suicide"

English

Etymology
Borrowed from L. suicida#Latin|suīcīda < sui#Latin|suī < suus "one�s own" + -cide.

Noun
en-noun

  1. The intentional killing of a person by one's own hand|by his or her own hand.

#: In some cultures suicide is regarded as an honorable act under certain circumstances.

  1. A person who has intentionally killed him/herself.

#: Some accounts say that Marilyn Monroe was a suicide; others disagree.

  1. figurative An action that creates serious difficulty for its performer.

#: Admitting that you don't own a boat would be suicide.

Related terms
suicidal
fratricide
herbicide
infanticide
insecticide
pesticide
regicide

Translations
trans-top|the event
Arabic: ARchar|ا�تحار unicode|(intiħ;a:r) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|samoubistvo|n
Chinese:
Czech: sebevražda f
Danish: selvmord n
Dutch: zelfmoord m, zelfdoding f
Esperanto: sinmortigo
Finnish: t+|fi|itsemurha
French: t+|fr|suicide|m
German: t+|de|Freitod|f, t+|de|Suizid|m, t+|de|Selbstmord|m
Greek: t+|el|α��οκ�ονία|f|trautoktonía|scGrek
Hebrew: he-translation|�ת����ת|hit`abdút f
Icelandic: sjálfsmorð
Italian: t+|it|suicidio|m
trans-mid
Japanese: �殺 (jisatsu)
Korean: �� (jasal)
Norwegian: t-|no|selvmord|n
Novial: selftuo
Polish: t+|pl|samobójstwo|n
Portuguese: t+|pt|suicídio|m
Russian: �амо�бий��во (samoubíjstvo) n, ��и�ид (suitsíd) m
Serbian:

Slovak: samomor
Slovene: t+|sl|samomor|m
Spanish: t-|es|suicidio|m
Swedish: t+|sv|självmord|n
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trans-top|the person
Bosnian: t-|bs|samoubica|m
Chinese: �殺� (zishazhe)
Czech: sebevrah m
Danish: selvmorder c
Dutch: zelfmoordenaar m
French: t-|fr|suicidé|m, t-|fr|suicidée|f
German: Suizident m, Selbstmörder m, Selbstmörderin f
Hebrew: he-translation|�ת���|mit`abéd m, he-translation|�ת���ת|mit`abédet f
Italian: t+|it|suicida|m|f
trans-mid
Japanese: �殺� (jisatsusha)
Norwegian: t-|no|selvmord|n
Old English: t-|ang|agenslaga|alt�genslaga|xsOld English
Novial: selftuere
Polish: samobójca m, samobójczyni f
Portuguese: t-|pt|suicida|m|f
Serbian:

Slovene: samomorilec m, samomorilka f
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trans-top|figurative: action
Finnish: t+|fi|itsemurha
trans-mid
trans-bottom

checktrans-top
ttbc|Latin: suicidium
trans-bottom

See also
hara-kiri
kamikaze
murder-suicide
seppuku
suicide note
suicide pact
top oneself

Category:Death


French

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. Suicide (all forms)

Verb
infl|fr|verb form

  1. form of suicider

Italian

Adjective
suicide p

  1. feminine of|suicida#Adjective|suicida

Noun
suicide f

  1. plural of|suicida|lang=Italian

Category:Italian adjective forms

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