electrocution

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• /ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuːʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 L EH2 K T R AH0 K Y UW1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Blend of electro- + execution. By surface analysis, electrocute + -ion. Coined in the US around 1888, in relation to the introduction of the electric chair (see quotes).

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: electrocució — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Chinese Mandarin: 電死 /电死 (diànsǐ) — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Dutch: elektrocutie — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Finnish: sähkökuolema — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• French: électrocution — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• German: Tod durch Stromschlag — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• German: Tod infolge elektrischen Schlags — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Greek: ηλεκτροπληξία (ilektroplixía) — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Italian: elettrocuzione — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Italian: fulminazione — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Japanese: 感電死 (kandenshi) — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Portuguese: eletrocussão — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Romanian: electrocutare — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Russian: сме́рть от электри́ческого то́ка (smértʹ ot elektríčeskovo tóka) — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Russian: смерте́льная электротра́вма (smertélʹnaja elektrotrávma) — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Spanish: electrocución — accidental death or suicide by electric shock
• Chinese Mandarin: 電刑 /电刑 (diànxíng) — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• Finnish: sähköteloitus — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• French: électrocution — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• German: Hinrichtung auf dem elektrischen Stuhl — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• German: Elektrokution — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• Hungarian: villamosszékben való/történő kivégzés — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• Japanese: 電気椅子刑 (denki isu kei) — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• Russian: казнь на электри́ческом сту́ле (kaznʹ na elektríčeskom stúle) — deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
• Chinese Mandarin: 觸電 /触电 (chúdiàn) — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• Finnish: sähköisku — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• French: électrocution — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• German: Stromschlag — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• German: Elektroschock — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• Hungarian: áramütés — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• Polish: porażenie prądem — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• Russian: пораже́ние то́ком — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• Russian: уда́р то́ком — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
• Russian: электроглуше́ние (elektroglušénije) — a severe electric shock, whether fatal or not