Phrase guide

commit suicide

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suicide, kill oneself

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

kill oneself

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the terminally ill patient committed suicide

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: kill

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: selfmoord pleeg — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Dupaningan Agta: magmunas — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Arabic: اِنْتَحَرَ (intaḥara) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Armenian: ինքնասպան լինել (inkʻnaspan linel) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Assamese: আত্মহত্যা কৰ (atmohoitta kor) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Azerbaijani: intihar etmək — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Belarusian: ско́нчыць жыццё самагу́бствам (skónčycʹ žyccjó samahúbstvam) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Belarusian: пако́нчыць з сабо́й (pakónčycʹ z sabój) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Bengali: আত্মহত্যা করা (attohotta kora) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Biatah Bidayuh: bitŭkŭŭ — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Bulgarian: извърши самоубийство (izvǎrši samoubijstvo) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Burmese: ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ကိုသတ်သေ (kuiy.kuiykuisatse) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Catalan: suïcidar-se — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Cebuano: hikog — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Chinese Cantonese: 自殺 /自杀 (zi6 saat3) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自殺 /自杀 (zìshā) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自盡 /自尽 (zìjìn) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輕生 /轻生 (qīngshēng) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Czech: spáchat sebevraždu — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Danish: begå selvmord — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Danish: tage sig af dage — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Dutch: zelfmoord plegen — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Esperanto: mortigi sin — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Esperanto: sinmortigi — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Estonian: enesetappu sooritama — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Estonian: enesetapu sooritama — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Faroese: taka lívið av sær — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Finnish: tehdä itsemurha — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: se suicider — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: mettre fin à ses jours — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: sortir par la porte de Tellier — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: francetélécomer — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: s'autolyser — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: se brûler la cervelle — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: se buter — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: se donner la mort — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: se faire sauter la cervelle — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: se faire sauter le caisson — to kill oneself intentionally
  • French: se supprimer — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Galician: suicidarse — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Galician: matarse — to kill oneself intentionally
  • German: Selbstmord begehen (i.e. “to bego selfmurder”) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Greek: αυτοκτονώ (aftoktonó) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Hebrew: הִתְאַבֵּד (hit'abéd) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Hindi: आत्महत्या करना (ātmahatyā karnā) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Hungarian: öngyilkosságot követ el — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Hungarian: öngyilkos lesz — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Ido: su-ocidar — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Ido: ocidar su — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Indonesian: bunuh diri — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Irish: lámh a chur i do bhás féin — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Irish: giorrú leat féin — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Italian: suicidarsi — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Italian: togliersi la vita — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Japanese: 自殺する (jisatsu suru) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Japanese: 自死する (jishi suru) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Kapampangan: magpakamate — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Kashmiri: پان مارُن (pān mārun) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Kashmiri: خۄدکٔشی کَرٕنؠ (khọdkạśī karụn') — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Kazakh: өзін-өзі мерт қылу (özın-özı mert qylu) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Kazakh: өз жанын өзі қию (öz janyn özı qiü) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Khmer: ធ្វើអត្តឃាតខ្លួនឯង (tvəə atta’ khiet kluən aeŋ) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Korean: 자인하다 (jain-hada) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Korean: 자살하다 (jasal-hada) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Kyrgyz: өз жанын кыюу (öz janın kıyuu) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Lao: ຂ້າຕົວຕາຍ (khā tūa tāi) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Latin: mihi mortem conscisco — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Latvian: pasadarīties — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Latvian: nāvēties — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Macedonian: вр́ши самоу́биство (vŕši samoúbistvo) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Macedonian: извр́шува самоу́биство (izvŕšuva samoúbistvo) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Malay: bunuh diri — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Mongolian: амиа хорлох (amia xorlox) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Norman: sé suicider — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Norman: s'mêfaithe — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Norwegian: begå selvmord — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Persian: خودکشی کردن (xod-koši kardan) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Polish: popełniać samobójstwo — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Polish: popełnić samobójstwo — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Polish: odbierać sobie życie — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Polish: odebrać sobie życie — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Portuguese: suicidar-se — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Portuguese: cometer suicídio — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Romanian: sinucide — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: поко́нчить жизнь самоуби́йством (pokónčitʹ žiznʹ samoubíjstvom) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: поко́нчить с собо́й (pokónčitʹ s sobój) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: наложи́ть на себя́ ру́ки (naložítʹ na sebjá rúki) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: свести́ счёты с жи́знью (svestí sčóty s žíznʹju) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: соверши́ть самоуби́йство (soveršítʹ samoubíjstvo) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: самоуби́ться (samoubítʹsja) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: вы́пилиться (výpilitʹsja) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: суици́днуться (suicídnutʹsja) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Russian: роскомнадзо́рнуться (roskomnadzórnutʹsja) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Serbo-Croatian: извршити самоубиство — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Serbo-Croatian: izvršiti samoubistvo — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Sikkimese: ལྕེ་བ (lce ba) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Slovak: spáchať samovraždu — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Slovene: naredíti samomòr — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Spanish: suicidarse — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Swedish: begå självmord — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Swedish: ta livet av sig — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Swedish: ta sitt liv — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Tagalog: magpakamatay — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Tagalog: magpatiwakal — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Tajik: худкушӣ кардан (xudkuši kardan) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Tamil: தற்கொலை செய் (taṟkolai cey) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Tamil: தற்கொலை பண்ணு (taṟkolai paṇṇu) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Thai: ปลงชีวิต (bplong chee-wít) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Thai: ฆ่าตัวตาย (kâa dtua dtaai) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Thai: คิดสั้น (kít-sân) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Turkish: intihar etmek — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Ukrainian: покі́нчити життя́ самогу́бством (pokínčyty žyttjá samohúbstvom) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Ukrainian: покі́нчити з собо́ю (pokínčyty z sobóju) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Ukrainian: накла́сти на се́бе ру́ки (naklásty na sébe rúky) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Ukrainian: зво́дити раху́нки з життя́м (zvódyty raxúnky z žyttjám) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Ukrainian: звести́ раху́нки з життя́м (zvestý raxúnky z žyttjám) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Urdu: خودکشی کرنا (xudkuśī karnā) — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Vietnamese: tự tử — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Vietnamese: tự sát — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Walloon: si mete a fén — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Walloon: si distrure — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Walloon: fé l' fén d' lu-minme — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Walloon: fé måleur di s' coir — to kill oneself intentionally
  • Zhuang: gaggaj — to kill oneself intentionally