adj
Meaning 1
Removing; departing; deceased.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decedent
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈsiːdənt/
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US: /dɪˈsi.dənt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A dead person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who is no longer alive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I wonder what the dead person would have done
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, departed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: infernal, zombi, zombie, living dead, Lazarus
History
Etymology
From Latin decedens, present active participle of decedere (“to depart, die”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: overledene — dead person
- Finnish: vainaja — dead person
- Finnish: perittävä — dead person
- French: défunt — dead person
- German: Verstorbener — dead person
- German: Verstorbene — dead person
- Italian: defunto — dead person
- Pannonian Rusyn: умарти (umarti) — dead person
- Pannonian Rusyn: покойни (pokojni) — dead person
- Portuguese: falecido — dead person
- Spanish: causante — dead person
- Spanish: fallecido — dead person