deadly

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdli/
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• rhymes with -ɛdli
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH1 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English dedly, dedlych, dedlich, from Old English dēadlīċ (adjective), from Proto-West Germanic *dauþalīk, from Proto-Germanic *dauþalīkaz (“deadly”, literally “deathly”). By surface analysis, dead + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian dodelk (“deadly”), West Frisian deadlik (“deadly”), Dutch dodelijk (“deadly”), German tödlich (“deadly”), Swedish dödlig (“deadly, fatal, mortal”), Icelandic dauðlegur (“mortal”). The adverb is from Middle English dedliche, from Old English dēadlīċe (adverb), from the adjective.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: dodelik — lethal
• Arabic: مُمِيت (mumīt) — lethal
• Armenian: մահացու (mahacʻu) — lethal
• Asturian: mortal — lethal
• Asturian: mortíferu — lethal
• Azerbaijani: ölümcül — lethal
• Azerbaijani: ölümsaçan — lethal
• Belarusian: смяро́тны (smjarótny) — lethal
• Belarusian: смертано́сны (smjertanósny) — lethal
• Bulgarian: уби́йствен (ubíjstven) — lethal
• Bulgarian: смъртоно́сен (smǎrtonósen) — lethal
• Catalan: mortal — lethal
• Catalan: letal — lethal
• Catalan: mortífer — lethal
• Czech: smrtelný — lethal
• Czech: smrtící — lethal
• Czech: smrtonosný — lethal
• Dutch: dodelijk — lethal
• Finnish: tappava — lethal
• Finnish: kuolettava — lethal
• French: mortel — lethal
• French: fatal — lethal
• French: létal — lethal
• Galician: mortal — lethal
• Galician: letal — lethal
• Galician: mortífero — lethal
• German: tödlich — lethal
• Ancient Greek: θανάσιμος (thanásimos) — lethal
• Hebrew: קַטְלָנִי (katlaní) — lethal
• Hebrew: קַטְלָנִית (katlanít) — lethal
• Icelandic: banvænn — lethal
• Latin: mortifer — lethal
• Latin: lētālis — lethal
• Latin: exitiālis — lethal
• Latvian: nāvīgs — lethal
• Latvian: nāvējošs — lethal
• Middle English: dedly — lethal
• Norwegian Bokmål: dødelig — lethal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: dødeleg — lethal
• Old English: dēadlīċ — lethal
• Pannonian Rusyn: смертельни (smertelʹni) — lethal
• Portuguese: mortal — lethal
• Portuguese: fatal — lethal
• Portuguese: letal — lethal
• Portuguese: mortífero — lethal
• Portuguese: fatífero — lethal
• Romanian: ucigător — lethal
• Romanian: mortal — lethal
• Romanian: letal — lethal
• Russian: смерте́льный (smertélʹnyj) — lethal
• Russian: уби́йственный (ubíjstvennyj) — lethal
• Russian: смертоно́сный (smertonósnyj) — lethal
• Slovak: smrteľný — lethal
• Slovak: smrtonosný — lethal
• Slovak: smrtiaci — lethal
• Spanish: mortal — lethal
• Spanish: letal — lethal
• Spanish: mortífero — lethal
• Swedish: dödlig — lethal
• Ukrainian: смерте́льний (smertélʹnyj) — lethal
• Ukrainian: смертоно́сний (smertonósnyj) — lethal
• Bulgarian: много точен (mnogo točen) — very accurate
• Finnish: murhaavan tarkka — very accurate
• Swedish: dödlig — very accurate
• Bulgarian: много скучен (mnogo skučen) — very boring
• Finnish: tappavan tylsä — very boring
• French: mortel — very boring
• Finnish: mahtava — excellent, awesome, cool
• Australian Kriol: dedli — excellent, awesome, cool
• Australian Kriol: dedliwan — excellent, awesome, cool
• Romanian: mortal — excellent, awesome, cool
• Russian: великоле́пный (velikolépnyj) — excellent, awesome, cool
• Finnish: kuolettavasti — Fatally, mortally
• Latvian: nāvīgi — Fatally, mortally
• Romanian: fatalmente — Fatally, mortally
• Romanian: mortal — Fatally, mortally
• Russian: смертельно (smertelʹno) — Fatally, mortally
• Finnish: kalman- — In a way which suggests death
• Finnish: kuoleman- — In a way which suggests death
• Russian: смертельно (smertelʹno) — In a way which suggests death