Obituary

//əˈbɪt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹi//

Synonyms for "obituary" (126 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(1 words)
obit

Strong matches (37)

Related words (63)

Noun(1 words)
necrology

Related word relations

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Related terms

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at location

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derived

7 entries

is a

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related to

14 entries

Translations

136 translations across 64 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • doodberig noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نَعْي noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մահախոսական noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • nekroloq noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekroloq noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Basque

1 entries
  • hilberri noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • некролог noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • некролог noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • скръ́бна вест noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • скръ́бна вест noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Catalan

2 entries
  • esquela noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituari noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᏕᎦᏃᏣᎸᎤᏲᎱᏒ noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • ᏕᎦᏃᏣᎸᎤᏲᎱᏒ noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 白帖 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 白帖仔 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 訃告 /讣告 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃告 /讣告 noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • 訃聞 /讣闻 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃聞 /讣闻 noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Czech

1 entries
  • nekrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Danish

2 entries
  • dødsannonce noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Dutch

2 entries
  • doodsbrief noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • necrologie noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • некролог noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • nekrologo noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nekroloog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kuolinilmoitus noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • kuolinilmoitus noun (announcement or description of the end of something)
  • muistokirjoitus noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

French

3 entries
  • nécro noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nécrologie noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nécrologie noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Galician

3 entries
  • necrolóxica noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituario noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituario noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ნეკროლოგი noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • ნეკროლოგი noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

German

4 entries
  • Nachruf noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • Nekrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • Nekrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • Todesanzeige noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Greek

3 entries
  • αναγγελία θανάτου noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • νεκρολογία noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • νεκρολογία noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • અવસાન નોંધ noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מוֹדַעַת אֵבֶל noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • מוֹדַעַת אֵבֶל noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • נקרולוג noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Hindi

1 entries
  • इत्तेला-ए-वफ़ात noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • gyászjelentés noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • gyászjelentés noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • nekrológ noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • minning noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Ido

2 entries
  • nekrologo noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrologo noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • berita duka noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • berita duka noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • kabar duka noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Irish

1 entries
  • scéala báis noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Italian

2 entries
  • necrologio noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • necrologio noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 死亡者略歴 noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • 死亡記事 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 訃報 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Korean

3 entries
  • 부고 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 부음 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • 행장 noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • некролог noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Latin

1 entries
  • obituārius noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nekrologs noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • nekrologas noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrologas noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • некроло́г noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • некроло́г noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • посмр́тница noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Malay

1 entries
  • obituari noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Māori

1 entries
  • kupu poroporoaki noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • dødsannonse noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • minneord noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • nekrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • nekrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Persian

2 entries
  • آگهی ترحیم noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • اعلامیه فوت noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Läwensvezeichniss noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Polish

3 entries
  • klepsydra noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • nekrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • obituário noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituário noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Romanian

2 entries
  • necrolog noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • necrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Russian

2 entries
  • некроло́г noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • некроло́г noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • iomradh-bàis noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • iomradh-bàis noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nekròlog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • partecètl noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • pȃrta noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • òsmrtnica noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Slovene

3 entries
  • nekrolog noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • osmrtnica noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • osmrtnica noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Spanish

4 entries
  • esquela noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • necrología noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituario noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obituario noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Swahili

1 entries
  • tanzia noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Swedish

4 entries
  • dödsannons noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • dödsnotis noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • dödsruna noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)
  • eftermäle noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • obitwaryo noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • obitwaryo noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Telugu

1 entries
  • స్మృతి noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ölüm ilanı noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • некроло́г noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • некроло́г noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اطلاع وفات noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)
  • وفاتیہ noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cáo phó noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Welsh

1 entries
  • ysgrif goffa noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • nekrology noun (brief biography of a person who has recently died)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • òbíṣúárì noun (brief notice of a person’s death, especially one published in a newspaper)

Sample sentences

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Tom Jackson's obituary said that he was born in Boston.

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I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.

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Reading the obituary section, for old people, is like taking a victory lap.

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Tom Jackson's obituary said he was born in Australia.

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