lethal

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• /ˈliː.θəl/
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Learned borrowing from Latin lētālis (“deadly, mortal, fatal”), improperly written lēthālis, from lētum (“death”), improperly written as lēthum, from a supposed connection with Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “oblivion, forgetfulness”).

Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُمِيت (mumīt) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Belarusian: смяро́тны (smjarótny) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Belarusian: смертано́сны (smjertanósny) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Belarusian: лета́льны (ljetálʹny) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Bulgarian: смъртоно́сен (smǎrtonósen) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Bulgarian: смъ́ртен (smǎ́rten) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Bulgarian: лета́лен (letálen) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Catalan: letal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Catalan: mortal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Chinese Mandarin: 致命的 (zhìmìng de) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Chinese Mandarin: 致死的 (zhìsǐdē) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Czech: smrtící — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Czech: smrtonosný — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Czech: smrtelný — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Dutch: dodelijk — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Dutch: letaal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Esperanto: mortiga — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Finnish: kuolettava — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Finnish: tappava — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Finnish: letaali — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• French: létal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• French: léthal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• French: mortel — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• French: fatal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Georgian: მომაკვდინებელი (momaḳvdinebeli) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Georgian: სასიკვდილო (sasiḳvdilo) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Georgian: ლეტალური (leṭaluri) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• German: tödlich — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• German: letal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Greek: φονικός (fonikós) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Greek: θανατηφόρος (thanatifóros) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Ancient Greek: θανάσιμος (thanásimos) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Indonesian: letal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Irish: marfach — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Italian: letale — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Japanese: 必殺の (hissatsu no) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Japanese: 致命的な (chimeiteki na) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Japanese: 致死の (chishi no) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Korean: 치명적인 (chimyeongjeog-in) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Korean: 치사의 (chisaui) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Latin: mortifer — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Latin: mortiferus — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Latin: lētālis — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Latin: lēthālis — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Macedonian: смртен (smrten) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Polish: letalny — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Polish: śmiertelny — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Polish: śmiercionośny — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Portuguese: fatal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Portuguese: letal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Portuguese: mortal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Russian: смерте́льный (smertélʹnyj) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Russian: смертоно́сный (smertonósnyj) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Russian: лета́льный (letálʹnyj) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Serbo-Croatian: смр̏тан — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Serbo-Croatian: смрто̀носан — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Serbo-Croatian: smȑtan — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Serbo-Croatian: smrtònosan — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Slovak: smrteľný — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Slovak: smrtonosný — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Slovak: smrtiaci — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Slovene: smrtonosen — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Slovene: smrten — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Spanish: letal — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Swedish: dödlig — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Swedish: livsfarlig — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Ukrainian: смерте́льний (smertélʹnyj) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Ukrainian: смертоно́сний (smertonósnyj) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal
• Ukrainian: лета́льний (letálʹnyj) — of, pertaining to, or causing death; deadly; mortal; fatal