English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-deceased.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�st|-i�st

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. No longer alive

#* That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not �alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein� tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk. Monty Python

1. Belonging to the dead.

#* The executor�s commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.

1. legal: One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, �the deceased� refers to the victim of a homicide.

Synonyms
i-c|no longer alive asleep, at peace, at rest, dead, departed, late, gone

Translations
trans-top|no longer alive
Arabic: ARchar|��ت
Afrikaans: oorlede, afgestorwe, wyle
Bosnian: mrtvi m, pokojni m, umrli m
Catalan: difunt, mort
Croatian: mrtvi m, pokojni m, umrli m
Czech: zesnulý m
Dutch: overleden
Finnish: kuollut
French: décédé
German: verstorben, gestorben
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Japanese: 亡���� (nakunatta)
Polish: nieżywy, martwy
Portuguese: falecido, morto
Russian: покойн�й (pokójnyj)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: м��ви m, поко�ни m, �м�ли m
:Roman: mrtvi m, pokojni m, umrli m
Slovene: preminul, pokojen
Swedish: avliden
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trans-top|belonging to the dead
Afrikaans: bestorwe
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Hebrew: �נ�� (manoakh), נפ�ר (nift'ar)
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Noun
en-noun|deceased

1. A dead person

#* The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.

1. (plural deceased) dead people

#* A memorial to the deceased of two World Wars.

1. legal: One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, �the deceased� refers to the victim of a homicide.

Synonyms
i-c|dead person dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed, late
i-c|plural: dead people dead people, dead souls, deceased people, decedents, departed

Translations
trans-top|dead person
Afrikaans: oorledene, afgestorwene
Bosnian: mrtvac m, pokojnik m
Catalan: difunt, mort
Croatian: mrtvac m, pokojnik m
Dutch: overledene m or f
French: défunt
German: Verstorbene f, Verstorbener m
Hebrew: �נ�� (manoakh) m, �נ��� (menokha) f; נפ�ר (nift'ar) m, נפ�רת (nift'eret) f
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Japanese: 死人 (shinin)
Polish: zmar�y m
Portuguese: falecido m
Russian: покойник (pokójnik) m, покойн�й (pokójnyj) m, �ме��ий (uméršij) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: м��ва� m, поко�ник m
:Roman: mrtvac m, pokojnik m
Slovene: preminuli m, preminula f, pokojnik m, pokojnica f
Spanish: difunto m
Swedish: avlidna c, avlidne m, döda c, döde m
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trans-top|plural: dead people
Afrikaans: oorledenes, afgestorwenes
Dutch: overledenen p
French: défunts
German: Verstorbene p, Tote p (general)
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Japanese: 死人 (shinin)
Polish: zmarli m|p
Portuguese: falecidos p, mortos p
Russian: погиб�ие (pogíbšije) p
Swedish: avlidna p, döda p
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• 2007-11-22 08:30 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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