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Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: samangja
"교통사고로 인한 사망자가 발생했습니다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An occurrence of death resulting from an accident, war, disease, or disaster.
"The severe storm caused widespread damage, but fortunately, there were no reported fatalities." - 2
The deadliness or the number of deaths caused by a particular event, disease, or condition.
"Medical researchers are working to lower the fatality rate of the newly discovered virus."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin 'fatalitas', stemming from 'fatalis' meaning 'destined' or 'deadly', based on 'fatum' (fate or oracle). Entering English in the late 15th century, the term initially carried connotations of destiny or inevitability before shifting predominantly to denote a death resulting from an accident, disaster, or war.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Fatality"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Fatality" is said worldwide
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décès
Transliteration: des-es
"L'accident a fait plusieurs décès."
Todesfall
Transliteration: Todesfall
"Bei dem Unfall gab es keine Todesfälle."
vittima
Transliteration: vit-ti-ma
"Ci sono state gravi vittime nell'incidente."
víctima mortal
Transliteration: bik-ti-ma mor-tal
"El choque de trenes dejó varias víctimas mortales."
fatalidade
Transliteration: fa-ta-li-da-de
"O desastre resultou em uma fatalidade trágica."
मृत्यु
Transliteration: mrityu
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"सड़क दुर्घटना में किसी की मृत्यु नहीं हुई।"
死亡人数
Transliteration: sǐ wáng rén shù
Script: 中文汉字
"这次事故造成了人员死亡。"
사망자
Transliteration: samangja
Script: 한국어 한글
"교통사고로 인한 사망자가 발생했습니다."
死亡者
Transliteration: shibōsha
Script: 日本語
"その事故での死亡者は幸いにもいなかった。"
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