Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Euthanasia |
EuthanasiaNoun1. The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "euthanasia" was first used: 1606. (references) |
Etymology: Euthanasia \Eu`tha*na"si*a\n. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression well death, to die: compare to the French expression euthanasie.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The act or practice of putting to death people or animals suffering from incurable conditions or diseases. (references) |
Medicine | Act of killing someone painlessly, especially to relieve suffering from an incurable illness. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EuthanasiaSynonyms: Allowing terminally ill to die, Killing, Mercy, Mercy killing, Right to die. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Death | Euthanasia; break up of the system; natural death, natural decay; sudden death, violent death; untimely end, watery grave; debt of nature; suffocation, asphyxia; fatal disease. (disease); death blow. (killing). |
Husbandry | Phthisozoics. (killing); euthanasia, sacrifice, humane destruction. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Euthanasia |
| English words defined with "euthanasia": Euthanasy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "euthanasia": animal shelter supervisor ♦ Euthanasia, Passive ♦ SUPERVISOR, KENNEL. (references) |
| Domain | Title | ||
Books |
| ||
Periodicals |
| ||
Music |
| ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Euthanasia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.17% of the time. "Euthanasia" is used about 120 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.17% | 113 | 30,464 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.83% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 120 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "euthanasia": anti-euthanasia, pro-euthanasia. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
euthanasia | 2,430 | euthanasia fact | 18 |
church of euthanasia | 520 | anti euthanasia | 17 |
pro euthanasia | 90 | canine euthanasia | 17 |
pet euthanasia | 73 | la euthanasia | 16 |
dog euthanasia | 57 | eutanacia euthanasia | 16 |
animal euthanasia | 50 | voluntary euthanasia | 15 |
church euthanasia s | 44 | pro con euthanasia | 14 |
against euthanasia | 36 | euthanasia law | 14 |
euthanasia statistics | 32 | euthanasia phenobarbital | 13 |
argument euthanasia | 32 | argument against euthanasia | 13 |
essay euthanasia | 27 | definition of euthanasia | 12 |
euthanasia debate | 26 | eutanacia euthanasia la | 12 |
cat euthanasia | 26 | euthanasia case | 12 |
picture of euthanasia | 26 | euthanasia and religion | 11 |
history of euthanasia | 25 | euthanasia home pet | 11 |
article euthanasia | 22 | cons euthanasia | 11 |
euthanasia ethics | 22 | euthanasia in canada | 10 |
active euthanasia | 21 | information on euthanasia | 10 |
euthanasia pro and cons | 21 | human euthanasia | 9 |
passive euthanasia | 18 | legal euthanasia | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "euthanasia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | euthanazi, vdekje e vullnetshme, vdekje e lehtë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قتل رحيم (mercy killing), قتل بدافع الشفقة, الأمانة من منطلق الرحمة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | безболезнена смърт. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | euthanasie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | eutanasi, medlidenhedsdrab. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | euthanasie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مرگ اسان . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | armeliaisuusmurha, armeliaisuuskuolema. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | euthanasie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sterbehilfe (death benefit), euthanasie (mercy killing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευθανασία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | könnyû halál, gyógyíthatatlan beteg halálba segítése. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | obat untuk mati tenang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | eutanasia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ユーコン准州 (eugenics, eunos, euphemism, European television satellite, Eutelsat, euthanasie, humor, submarine, U-boat, UFO, ufology, unidentified flying object, usance, usance bill, used car, user, user interface, user-friendly, users, utility, utility program, utility room, utopia, U-turn, youth, youth hostel, youth market, Yugoslavia, Yukon Territory), 安楽死 , 安死" , オールトの雲 (all back, all locations, all pass, all risks, all-night, all-purpose, all-round, all-round player, almighty, au revoir, aurora, good by, OAPEC, oasis, Oedipus, old boy, old fan, Old Guard, old maid, Old Parr, old power, old-fashioned, old-timer, Oort's cloud, Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, Orlon, oyster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ユーサネイジア , オイタナシー , あ"しじゅつ, あ"らくし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | myghin-varroo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | euthanasiaay eutanásia (evacuate), trompa de eustáquio (syrinx). (various references) eutanasie, moarte uşoarã, fãrã suferinţã. (various references) легкая смерть. (various references) eutanazija. (various references) eutanasia (mercy killing). (various references) eutanasi (mercy killing), smärtfri död, dödshjälp. (various references) การฆ่าหรือช่วยให้บุคคลที่ทุกข์ทรมานจากโรคหรืออาการบา"เจ็บที่รักษาไม่หาย ตายอย่างไม่เจ. (various references) acısız ölüm, ümitsiz hastanın ilaçla öldürülmesi, ötenazi. (various references) ейтаназія, легка безболісна смерть. (various references) sự chết không đau đớn sự l m chết không đau đớn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | euthanasia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "euthanasia": euthanasias. (additional references) | |
| |
"Euthanasia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Athanasia, Athanasios, authanasia, eauthanasia, enthanasia, ethanasia, euphanasia, eutanasia, euthanaisa, euthanase, euthanased, euthanasian, euthanasie, euthanesia, euthanisia, euthansia, euthenasia, euthinasia, euthinazia, euthonasia, euthuna, euthunai, ewthanasia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "euthanasia" (pronounced yuw'thunā"zhu or yuw'thunā"zhyu) |
| 3 | -ā" zh u | aphasia, dysplasia, Fantasia. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-h-i-n-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: asthenia. | |
-3 letters: anatase, aunties, entasia, shaitan, sheitan, sinuate, sthenia, taenias. | |
-4 letters: ansate, auntie, hasten, haunts, hausen, hiatus, nausea, saithe, shanti, snathe, taenia, tenias, tenuis, thanes, theins, tineas, tisane, tushie, unhats, unites, unseat, unties. | |
-5 letters: anise, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antis, asana, ashen, aunts, entia, etnas, etuis, haets, hansa, hanse, hants, haste, hates, haunt, haute. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-e-h-i-n-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: euthanasias. | |
+4 letters: chateaubriands. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 75 74 68 61 6E 61 73 69 61 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references). ..- - .... .- -. .- ... .. .- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110101 01110100 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E u t h a n a s i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0075 0074 0068 0061 006E 0061 0073 0069 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39878674678067857567 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
