noun
Meaning 1
One who is assassinated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, nonstandard, often
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: assassinatee
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
assassinee
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation: /əˈsæsɪniː/
-
Received-Pronunciation: /əˌsæsɪˈniː/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
General-American: /əˈsæsəni/
-
General-American: /əˌsæsəˈni/
-
General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
rhymes with (one pronunciation) -iː
History
Etymology
From assassin(ate) + -ee (suffix forming nouns meaning people or things to whom or to which actions are done).
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: salamurhan uhri — (nonstandard, often humorous) one who is assassinated
- French: assassiné — (nonstandard, often humorous) one who is assassinated
- French: assassinée — (nonstandard, often humorous) one who is assassinated
- Macedonian: у́биен (úbien) — (nonstandard, often humorous) one who is assassinated
- Macedonian: уби́ена (ubíena) — (nonstandard, often humorous) one who is assassinated
- Swedish: mordoffer — (nonstandard, often humorous) one who is assassinated
- Welsh: llofruddiedig — (nonstandard, often humorous) one who is assassinated