euthanasie

See also: Euthanasie and euthanasié

Dutch

Alternative forms

• euthanasia (obsolete)

Etymology

Likely borrowed from French euthanasie. The spelling with -ie has been attested since the 1840s. Before then the Latinate spelling euthanasia was used, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασίᾱ (euthanasíā) in the seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌœy̯.taː.naːˈzi/

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• Hyphenation: eu‧tha‧na‧sie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

euthanasie f (uncountable)

1. Euthanasia (medically assisted killing).
2. (obsolete) Any gentle or good death.

Derived terms

• euthanaseren
• euthanasiearts
• euthanasieverklaring

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ø.ta.na.zi/

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Noun

euthanasie f (plural euthanasies)

1. euthanasia (practice of killing a human being or animal)

Derived terms

• euthanasier

Descendants

Descendants

• → Czech: eutanazie
• → Dutch: euthanasie
• → German: Euthanasie
  • → Estonian: eutanaasia
  • → Japanese: オイタナジー (oitanajī)
• → Japanese: ユータナジー (yūtanajī)
• → Romanian: eutanasie
• → Serbo-Croatian: eutanázija
• → Swedish: eutanasi
• → Turkish: ötanazi

Verb

euthanasie

1. inflection of euthanasier:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “euthanasie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.