assassination

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əˌsæs.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 S AE2 S AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English assassin English -ate English assassinate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English assassination From assassinate + -ion.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِغْتِيَال (iḡtiyāl) — murder
• Armenian: մարդասպանություն (mardaspanutʻyun) — murder
• Armenian: սպանություն (spanutʻyun) — murder
• Belarusian: зама́х (zamáx) — murder
• Belarusian: забо́йства (zabójstva) — murder
• Bulgarian: атента́т (atentát) — murder
• Bulgarian: полити́ческо уби́йство (politíčesko ubíjstvo) — murder
• Bulgarian: уби́йство (ubíjstvo) — murder
• Burmese: လုပ်ကြံမှု (lupkramhmu.) — murder
• Catalan: assassinat — murder
• Chinese Mandarin: 暗殺 /暗杀 (ànshā) — murder
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺殺 /刺杀 (cìshā) — murder
• Czech: atentát — murder
• Czech: vražda — murder
• Danish: attentat — murder
• Danish: snigmord — murder
• Dutch: moord — murder
• Dutch: sluipmoord — murder
• Estonian: atentaat — murder
• Finnish: salamurha — murder
• French: assassinat — murder
• Galician: asasinato — murder
• Georgian: პოლიტიკური მკვლელობა (ṗoliṭiḳuri mḳvleloba) — murder
• German: Ermordung — murder
• German: Attentat — murder
• German: Meuchelmord — murder
• German: tödlicher Mordanschlag — murder
• Greek: δολοφονία (dolofonía) — murder
• Hebrew: רֶצַח m הִתְנַקְּשׁוּת (rétzakh) — murder
• Hungarian: merénylet — murder
• Italian: assassinio — murder
• Japanese: 暗殺 (ansatsu) — murder
• Korean: 암살 (amsal) — murder
• Latin: caedēs per insidiās — murder
• Latin: assassinātiō — murder
• Macedonian: атента́т (atentát) — murder
• Macedonian: у́биство (úbistvo) — murder
• Norman: assâsinâtion — murder
• Norwegian Bokmål: attentat — murder
• Norwegian Bokmål: snikmord — murder
• Norwegian Nynorsk: attentat — murder
• Occitan: assassinat — murder
• Odia: ଗୁପ୍ତହତ୍ୟା (guptahatyā) — murder
• Old English: morþsliht — murder
• Persian: قتل (qatl) — murder
• Persian: سوء قصد (su'-e qasd) — murder
• Persian: ترور (teror) — murder
• Polish: zamach — murder
• Polish: skrytobójstwo — murder
• Polish: morderstwo — murder
• Portuguese: assassinato — murder
• Romanian: asasinat — murder
• Romanian: asasinare — murder
• Russian: уби́йство (ubíjstvo) — murder
• Russian: наёмное уби́йство (najómnoje ubíjstvo) — murder
• Slovak: atentát — murder
• Slovak: vražda — murder
• Slovene: atentat — murder
• Slovene: umor — murder
• Spanish: asesinato — murder
• Spanish: magnicidio — murder
• Spanish: sicariato — murder
• Swedish: attentat — murder
• Swedish: lönnmord — murder
• Tagalog: paglingo — murder
• Tajik: қатл (qatl) — murder
• Tarifit: tamenɣiwt — murder
• Thai: การลอบสังหาร (gaan-lɔ̂ɔp-sǎng-hǎan) — murder
• Turkish: suikast — murder
• Ukrainian: уби́вство (ubývstvo) — murder
• Ukrainian: за́мах (zámax) — murder