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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesletale
Pronunciation / Transliteration: le-ta-le
"L'attacco è stato letale per la sua carriera."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Sufficient to cause death; deadly.
"A lethal dose of the medication was administered accidentally." - 2
Destructive; very harmful or destructive to life or a system.
"The striker possesses a lethal shot that rarely misses the target."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'letalis' meaning deadly, from 'letum' meaning death, which may be connected to the Latin 'delere' (to destroy) or Greek roots. It entered the English language in the late 16th century, shifting from a medical and poetic term for causing death to a standard descriptive adjective.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lethal" is said worldwide
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létal
Transliteration: le-tal
"Le venin de ce serpent est extrêmement létal."
tödlich
Transliteration: toed-lich
"Eine falsche Dosis kann tödlich sein."
letale
Transliteration: le-ta-le
"L'attacco è stato letale per la sua carriera."
letal
Transliteration: le-tal
"El boxeador propinó un golpe letal en el último asalto."
letal
Transliteration: le-tal
"O veneno da aranha é altamente letal."
घातक
Transliteration: ghatak
"यह जहर बहुत घातक है।"
致命的
Transliteration: zhì mìng de
"这是一种致命的病毒。"
치명적인
Transliteration: chimyeongjeogin
"그는 치명적인 부상을 입었다."
致命的な
Transliteration: chimeiteki na
"そのミスは彼にとって致命的だった。"
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