Suicide

//ˈs(j)uːɪˌsaɪd//

Synonyms for "suicide" (79 found)

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Translations

246 translations across 102 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • selfdood noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • selfmoord noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • selfmoordenaar noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Albanian

1 entries
  • vetëvrasje noun (instance of killing oneself)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ራስን መግደል noun (instance of killing oneself)

Arabic

3 entries
  • اِنْتِحَار noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • مُنْتَحِر noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • مُنْتَحِرَة noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ինքնասպան noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • ինքնասպանություն noun (instance of killing oneself)

Assamese

1 entries
  • আত্মহত্যা noun (instance of killing oneself)

Asturian

1 entries
  • suicidiu noun (instance of killing oneself)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • intihar noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • özünü öldürmə noun (instance of killing oneself)

Basque

1 entries
  • suizidio noun (instance of killing oneself)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • самагу́бец noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • самагу́бства noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • самагу́бца noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • самазабо́йства noun (instance of killing oneself)

Bengali

3 entries
  • আত্মহত্যা noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • খোদকুশ noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • খোদকুশী noun (instance of killing oneself)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • самоуби́ец noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • самоуби́йство noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • самоуби́йца noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကိုယ်ကိုသတ်ခြင်း noun (instance of killing oneself)

Catalan

3 entries
  • suïcida noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • suïcidi noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • suïcidi noun (figurative: action)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • 自殺者 /自杀者 noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Czech

3 entries
  • sebevrah noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • sebevražda noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • sebevražedkyně noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Danish

2 entries
  • selvmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • selvmorder noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Dari

2 entries
  • اِنْتِحَار noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • خوَدْکُشِی noun (instance of killing oneself)

Dutch

4 entries
  • zelfdoding noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • zelfmoord noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • zelfmoordenaar noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • zelfmoordenaares noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • memmortigo noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • sinmortigo noun (instance of killing oneself)

Estonian

3 entries
  • enesehävitus noun (figurative: action)
  • enesetapja noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • enesetapp noun (instance of killing oneself)

Finnish

3 entries
  • itsemurha noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • itsemurha noun (figurative: action)
  • itsemurhaaja noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

French

4 entries
  • suicidant noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • suicidante noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • suicide noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • suicidé noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Friulian

1 entries
  • suicidi noun (instance of killing oneself)

Galician

2 entries
  • suicidio noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • suicidio noun (figurative: action)

Georgian

1 entries
  • თვითმკვლელობა noun (instance of killing oneself)

German

4 entries
  • Freitod noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • Selbstmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • Selbstmörder noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • Selbstmörderin noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Greek

4 entries
  • αυτοκτονία noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • αυτοκτονία noun (figurative: action)
  • αυτοχειρία noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • αυτόχειρας noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • הִתְאַבְּדוּת noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • מתאבד noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • מתאבדת noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Hindi

4 entries
  • आत्मघात noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • आत्मघाती noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • आत्महत्या noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • आत्महिंसा noun (instance of killing oneself)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • öngyilkos noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • öngyilkosság noun (instance of killing oneself)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • sjálfsbani noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • sjálfsmorð noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • sjálfsmorðingi noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • sjálfsvíg noun (instance of killing oneself)

Ido

1 entries
  • su-ocido noun (instance of killing oneself)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • ᜉᜈᜄ᜔ᜉᜃᜋᜆᜌ᜔ noun (instance of killing oneself)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bunuh diri noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • pembunuh diri noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • اِنْتِحار noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • اِنْتِحاری noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • خودْکُشی noun (instance of killing oneself)

Irish

2 entries
  • féinmharfóir noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • féinmharú noun (instance of killing oneself)

Italian

2 entries
  • suicida noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • suicidio noun (instance of killing oneself)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 自害 noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • 自殺 noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • 自殺者 noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • 自決 noun (instance of killing oneself)

Jin Chinese

1 entries
  • 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಆತ್ಮಹತ್ಯೆ noun (instance of killing oneself)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • өзін-өзі қол жұмсау noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • өзін-өзі өлтіру noun (instance of killing oneself)

Khmer

2 entries
  • សម្លាប់ខ្លួនឯង noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • អត្តឃាត noun (instance of killing oneself)

Korean

4 entries
  • 극단적 선택 noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • 자결 noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • 자살 noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • 자살자 noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • өзүн өзү өлтүрүү noun (instance of killing oneself)

Lao

2 entries
  • ການຂ້າຕົວຕາຍ noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • ອັດຕະວິນິບາດກຳ noun (instance of killing oneself)

Latin

3 entries
  • mors voluntāria noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • suicida noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • suīcīdium noun (instance of killing oneself)

Latvian

1 entries
  • pašnāvība noun (instance of killing oneself)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • savižudybė noun (instance of killing oneself)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • самоу́биство noun (figurative: action)
  • самоубиец noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • самоубиство noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • суици́д noun (instance of killing oneself)

Malay

1 entries
  • bunuh diri noun (instance of killing oneself)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ആത്മഹത്യ noun (instance of killing oneself)

Manx

2 entries
  • hene-varroo noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • hene-varrooder noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Marathi

1 entries
  • आत्महत्या noun (instance of killing oneself)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • амиа хорлох noun (instance of killing oneself)

Māori

2 entries
  • mate whakamomori noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • whakamomori noun (instance of killing oneself)

Nepali

1 entries
  • आत्महत्या noun (instance of killing oneself)

Norman

1 entries
  • suicide noun (instance of killing oneself)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • xwekujî noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • xwekuştin noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • întixar noun (instance of killing oneself)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • selvmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • selvmord noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • selvmorder noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • selvmordsoffer noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • sjølvmord noun (instance of killing oneself)

Old English

4 entries
  • selfbana noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • selfcwala noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • selfcwalu noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • āgenslaga noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • хиамарын noun (instance of killing oneself)

Pacoh

1 entries
  • dyáq noun (instance of killing oneself)

Pashto

1 entries
  • انتحار noun (instance of killing oneself)

Persian

2 entries
  • اِنْتِحَار noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • خْوَدْکُشِی noun (instance of killing oneself)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • suissidi noun (instance of killing oneself)

Polish

4 entries
  • denat noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • denatka noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • samobójca noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • samobójczyni noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • suicida noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • suicídio noun (instance of killing oneself)

Romanian

4 entries
  • sinucidere noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • sinucidere noun (figurative: action)
  • sinucigaș noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • sinucigașă noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Russian

4 entries
  • самоуби́йство noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • самоуби́йство noun (figurative: action)
  • самоуби́йца noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • суици́д noun (instance of killing oneself)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • fèin-mhurt noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • fèin-mhurtair noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • samoubilac noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • samoubíca noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • samoubístvo noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • samoùbojica noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Slovak

4 entries
  • samovrah noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • samovrahyňa noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • samovražda noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • samovražda noun (figurative: action)

Slovene

3 entries
  • samomor noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • samomorilec noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • samomorilka noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Spanish

3 entries
  • autolisis noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • suicida noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • suicidio noun (instance of killing oneself)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jiua noun (instance of killing oneself)

Swedish

2 entries
  • självmord noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • självmördare noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pagpapakamatay noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • pagpapatiwakal noun (instance of killing oneself)

Tajik

2 entries
  • интиҳор noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • худкушӣ noun (instance of killing oneself)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தற்கொலை noun (instance of killing oneself)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆత్మహత్య noun (instance of killing oneself)

Thai

2 entries
  • การฆ่าตัวตาย noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • อัตวินิบาตกรรม noun (instance of killing oneself)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རང་ཤི་རྒྱབ་པ noun (instance of killing oneself)

Turkish

4 entries
  • intihar noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • intihar noun (figurative: action)
  • müntehir noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • özkıyım noun (instance of killing oneself)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • özüni öldürme noun (instance of killing oneself)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • самогу́бець noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • самогу́бство noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • самогу́бця noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • суїци́д noun (instance of killing oneself)

Urdu

4 entries
  • اِنْتِحار noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • اِنْتِہار noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • خُود کُش noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • خُود کُشی noun (instance of killing oneself)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئۆلۈۋالغۇچى noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • ئۆلۈۋېلىش noun (instance of killing oneself)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • oʻzini oʻldirish noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • oʻzini-oʻzi oʻldirish noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • suitsid noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • xudkushlik noun (instance of killing oneself)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tự sát noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • tự tử noun (instance of killing oneself)

Volapük

1 entries
  • oksasen noun (instance of killing oneself)

Walloon

1 entries
  • sucide noun (instance of killing oneself)

Welsh

3 entries
  • hunanladdiad noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • hunanladdwr noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)
  • hunanladdwraig noun (person who has killed himself/herself, is killing (is attempting/has attempted to kill) himself/herself)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 自殺 /自杀 noun (instance of killing oneself)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אַליינמאָרד noun (instance of killing oneself)
  • זעלבסטמאָרד noun (instance of killing oneself)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • gaggaj noun (instance of killing oneself)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukuzibulala noun (instance of killing oneself)

Sample sentences

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Smoking means suicide.

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The prominent poet attempted to commit suicide in his study.

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That man can't have committed suicide.

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The popular singer committed suicide.

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