See also: Euthanasie and euthanasié

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Etymology

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Likely borrowed from French euthanasie. The spelling with -ie has been attested since the 1840s. Before then the Latinate spelling euthanasia was used, which was borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασίᾱ (euthanasíā) in the seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌœy̯.taː.naːˈzi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: eu‧tha‧na‧sie
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

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euthanasie f (uncountable)

  1. Euthanasia (medically assisted killing).
  2. (obsolete) Any gentle or good death.

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía).

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Noun

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euthanasie f (plural euthanasies)

  1. euthanasia (practice of killing a human being or animal)

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Verb

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euthanasie

  1. inflection of euthanasier:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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