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10 Language-to-English DictionariesFatality
/fəˈtæl.ə.ti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An occurrence of death resulting from an accident, war, disease, or disaster.
"The severe storm caused widespread damage, but fortunately, there were no reported fatalities." - 2
The deadliness or the number of deaths caused by a particular event, disease, or condition.
"Medical researchers are working to lower the fatality rate of the newly discovered virus."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin 'fatalitat-', from Latin 'fatalis' meaning 'ordained by destiny', based on 'fatum' (prophecy, doom, death). Entering the English language in the late 15th century, the term originally denoted inevitability or a stroke of fate before shifting by the 17th century to specifically mean death or a disaster resulting in death.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Fatality" is said worldwide
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décès
Transliteration: des-es
"L'accident a fait plusieurs décès."
Todesfall
Transliteration: Todesfall
"Bei dem Unfall gab es keine Todesfälle."
vittima
Transliteration: vit-ti-ma
"Ci sono state gravi vittime nell'incidente."
víctima mortal
Transliteration: bik-ti-ma mor-tal
"El choque de trenes dejó varias víctimas mortales."
fatalidade
Transliteration: fa-ta-li-da-de
"O desastre resultou em uma fatalidade trágica."
मृत्यु
Transliteration: mrityu
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"सड़क दुर्घटना में किसी की मृत्यु नहीं हुई।"
死亡人数
Transliteration: sǐ wáng rén shù
Script: 中文汉字
"这次事故造成了人员死亡。"
사망자
Transliteration: samangja
Script: 한국어 한글
"교통사고로 인한 사망자가 발생했습니다."
死亡者
Transliteration: shibōsha
Script: 日本語
"その事故での死亡者は幸いにもいなかった。"
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