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mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">English <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/euthanasia" class="extiw" title="w:euthanasia">euthanasia</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/euthanasia" class="extiw" title="w:euthanasia">Wikipedia </a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanasy#English" title="euthanasy">euthanasy</a></span> <span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#archaic" title="Appendix:Glossary">archaic</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>First attested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1606" class="extiw" title="w:1606">1606</a>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek" class="extiw" title="w:Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a></span> <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%E1%BD%90%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek" title="εὐθανασία">εὐθανασία</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">euthanasía</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%E1%BD%90-#Ancient_Greek" title="εὐ-">εὐ-</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">eu-</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">good</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B8%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="θάνατος">θάνατος</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">thánatos</span>, <span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">death</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/juː.θəˈneɪ.zi.ə/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">enPR</a>: <span class="AHD enPR">yo͞o"thənā'zhə</span>, <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/juːθəˈneɪʒə/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-euthanasia.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/En-us-euthanasia.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/En-us-euthanasia.ogg/En-us-euthanasia.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-euthanasia.ogg" title="File:en-us-euthanasia.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">euthanasia</strong> (<i>usually <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanasias#English" title="euthanasias">euthanasias</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>The <a href="/wiki/practice" title="practice">practice</a> of <a href="/wiki/intentionally" title="intentionally">intentionally</a> <a href="/wiki/kill" title="kill">killing</a> a <a href="/wiki/human_being" title="human being">human being</a> or <a href="/wiki/animal" title="animal">animal</a> in a <a href="/wiki/humane" title="humane">humane</a> way, especially in order to end <a href="/wiki/suffer" title="suffer">suffering</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/mercy_killing#English" title="mercy killing">mercy killing</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>Euthanasia</b> is the most difficult part of a veterinarian's job.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#euphemism" title="Appendix:Glossary">euphemistic</a><span class="ib-comma">,</span> especially <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism" class="extiw" title="w:Nazism">Nazism</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> The practice of killing a human being who is considered a <a href="/wiki/liability" title="liability">liability</a> to <a href="/wiki/society" title="society">society</a>, especially a <a href="/wiki/disabled" title="disabled">disabled</a> person. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2016</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_L._Bergen" class="extiw" title="w:Doris L. Bergen">Doris L. Bergen</a>, “Introduction”, in <cite>War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust</cite>, page 3:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Nevertheless, as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Friedlander" class="extiw" title="w:Henry Friedlander">Henry Friedlander</a> pointed out years ago, it was not Jews but mentally and physically disabled people who became targets of the first large-scale, systematic killings in Nazi Germany, under the euphemistically labelled “<b>Euthanasia</b> Program.”</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> An easy <a href="/wiki/death" title="death">death</a>, or the means to bring about such a death. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>1819</b> October 31, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letter_To_William_Short,_Monticello,_October_31,_1819" class="extiw" title="s:Letter To William Short, Monticello, October 31, 1819">Letter To William Short, Monticello</a></cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">It would in time, it is to be hoped, effect a quiet <b>euthanasia</b> of the heresies of bigotry and fanaticism which have so long triumphed over human reason, and so generally and deeply afflicted mankind; but this work is to be begun by winnowing the grain from the chaff of the historians of his life.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1837</b></span>, Thomas Carlyle, “Kings and Emigrants”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_French_Revolution:_A_History" class="extiw" title="w:The French Revolution: A History">The French Revolution: A History<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="[...] In Three Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, volume II (The Constitution), London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_%26_Hall" class="extiw" title="w:Chapman & Hall">Chapman and Hall</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1026761782">→OCLC</a></small>, book V (Parliament First):</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Had they understood their place, and what to do in it, this French Revolution, which went forth explosively in years and in months, might have spread itself over generations; and not a torture-death but a quiet <b>euthanasia</b> have been provided for many things.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1876</b></span>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_8/March_1876/Natural_Euthanasia" class="extiw" title="s:Popular Science Monthly/Volume 8/March 1876/Natural Euthanasia">Natural Euthanasia</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly" class="extiw" title="w:Popular Science Monthly">Popular Science Monthly</a></cite>, volume 8:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">This purely painless process, this descent by oblivious trance into oblivion, this natural physical death, is the true <b>euthanasia</b>; and it is the duty of those we call physicians to secure for man such good health as shall bear him in activity and happiness onward in his course to this goal. For <b>euthanasia</b>, though it be open to every one born of every race, is not to be had by any save through obedience to those laws which it is the mission of the physician to learn, to teach, and to enforce. <b>Euthanasia</b> is the sequel of health, the happy death engrafted on the perfect life.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1897</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker" class="extiw" title="w:Bram Stoker">Bram Stoker</a>, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula" class="extiw" title="w:Dracula">Dracula</a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Library" class="extiw" title="w:Modern Library">Modern Library</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/688657546">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">For myself I could hold it in my account with God to find such an <b>euthanasia</b> for you, even at this moment if it were best.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hypernyms">Hypernyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Hypernyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/assisted_dying#English" title="assisted dying">assisted dying</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hyponyms">Hyponyms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hyponyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/assisted_suicide#English" title="assisted suicide">assisted suicide</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/active_euthanasia#English" title="active euthanasia">active euthanasia</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanase#English" title="euthanase">euthanase</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanasiac#English" title="euthanasiac">euthanasiac</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanasian#English" title="euthanasian">euthanasian</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanasist#English" title="euthanasist">euthanasist</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanatise#English" title="euthanatise">euthanatise</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanatize#English" title="euthanatize">euthanatize</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanise#English" title="euthanise">euthanise</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthaniser#English" title="euthaniser">euthaniser</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/euthanize#English" title="euthanize">euthanize</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/passive_euthanasia#English" title="passive euthanasia">passive euthanasia</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/thanato-#English" title="thanato-">thanato-</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> Japanese: <span class="Hrkt" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2#Japanese" title="ユーサネイジア">ユーサネイジア</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=y%C5%ABsaneijia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="yūsaneijia (page does not exist)">yūsaneijia</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-practice_of_killing_a_human_being_or_animal"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">practice of killing a human being or animal</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="practice of killing a human being or animal"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Albanian: <span class="Latn" lang="sq"><a href="/w/index.php?title=vdekje_e_leht%C3%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="vdekje e lehtë (page does not exist)">vdekje e lehtë</a></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85#Arabic" title="قتل رحيم">قَتْلٌ رَحِيم</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84_%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%85" class="extiw" title="ar:قتل رحيم">(ar)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">qatlun raḥīm</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Armenian: <span class="Armn" lang="hy"><a href="/wiki/%D5%A7%D5%BE%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%A1#Armenian" title="էվթանազիա">էվթանազիա</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D5%A7%D5%BE%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%AB%D5%A1" class="extiw" title="hy:էվթանազիա">(hy)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hy-Latn" class="tr Latn">ēvtʻanazia</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Azerbaijani: <span class="Latn" lang="az"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evtanaziya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evtanaziya (page does not exist)">evtanaziya</a></span></li> <li>Bashkir: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ba"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F#Bashkir" title="эвтаназия">эвтаназия</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ba-Latn" class="tr Latn">evtanaziya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%8D%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="эўтаназія (page does not exist)">эўтана́зія</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">eŭtanázija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="евтаназия (page does not exist)">евтана́зия</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="bg:евтаназия">(bg)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">evtanázija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/eutan%C3%A0sia#Catalan" title="eutanàsia">eutanàsia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutan%C3%A0sia" class="extiw" title="ca:eutanàsia">(ca)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hant" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E6%A8%82%E6%AD%BB#Mandarin" title="安樂死">安樂死</a></span><span class="Zsym mention" style="font-size:100%;">/</span><span class="Hans" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E4%B9%90%E6%AD%BB#Mandarin" title="安乐死">安乐死</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E6%A8%82%E6%AD%BB" class="extiw" title="zh:安樂死">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">ānlèsǐ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/eutanazie#Czech" title="eutanazie">eutanazie</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanazie" class="extiw" title="cs:eutanazie">(cs)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/eutanasi#Danish" title="eutanasi">eutanasi</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/euthanasie#Dutch" title="euthanasie">euthanasie</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/euthanasie" class="extiw" title="nl:euthanasie">(nl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Esperanto: <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/w/index.php?title=e%C5%ADtanazio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="eŭtanazio (page does not exist)">eŭtanazio</a></span></li> <li>Estonian: <span class="Latn" lang="et"><a href="/wiki/eutanaasia#Estonian" title="eutanaasia">eutanaasia</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/eutanasia#Finnish" title="eutanasia">eutanasia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanasia" class="extiw" title="fi:eutanasia">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/armomurha#Finnish" title="armomurha">armomurha</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/armomurha" class="extiw" title="fi:armomurha">(fi)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">of humans</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>; <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/lopettaminen#Finnish" title="lopettaminen">lopettaminen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/lopettaminen" class="extiw" title="fi:lopettaminen">(fi)</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">of animals</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/euthanasie#French" title="euthanasie">euthanasie</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/euthanasie" class="extiw" title="fr:euthanasie">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/eutanasia#Galician" title="eutanasia">eutanasia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanasia" class="extiw" title="gl:eutanasia">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E1%83%94%E1%83%95%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%98%E1%83%90&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ევთანაზია (page does not exist)">ევთანაზია</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">evtanazia</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Euthanasie#German" title="Euthanasie">Euthanasie</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Euthanasie" class="extiw" title="de:Euthanasie">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1#Greek" title="ευθανασία">ευθανασία</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1" class="extiw" title="el:ευθανασία">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">efthanasía</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%AA_%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%93#Hebrew" title="המתת חסד">המתת חסד</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%AA%D7%AA_%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%93" class="extiw" title="he:המתת חסד">(he)</a></span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="इच्छामृत्यु (page does not exist)">इच्छामृत्यु</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">icchāmŕtyu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/eutan%C3%A1zia#Hungarian" title="eutanázia">eutanázia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutan%C3%A1zia" class="extiw" title="hu:eutanázia">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/l%C3%ADknardr%C3%A1p#Icelandic" title="líknardráp">líknardráp</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Indonesian: <span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/eutanasia#Indonesian" title="eutanasia">eutanasia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanasia" class="extiw" title="id:eutanasia">(id)</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/w/index.php?title=eotan%C3%A1is&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="eotanáis (page does not exist)">eotanáis</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/eutanasia#Italian" title="eutanasia">eutanasia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanasia" class="extiw" title="it:eutanasia">(it)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E6%A5%BD%E6%AD%BB#Japanese" title="安楽死">安楽死</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E6%A5%BD%E6%AD%BB" class="extiw" title="ja:安楽死">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">あんらくし, anrakushi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC#Japanese" title="オイタナジー">オイタナジー</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC" class="extiw" title="ja:オイタナジー">(ja)</a></span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC#Japanese" title="ユータナジー">ユータナジー</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BC" class="extiw" title="ja:ユータナジー">(ja)</a></span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2#Japanese" title="ユーサネイジア">ユーサネイジア</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%8D%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A2" class="extiw" title="ja:ユーサネイジア">(ja)</a></span></li> <li>Kazakh: <span class="Cyrl" lang="kk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F#Kazakh" title="эвтаназия">эвтаназия</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="kk-Latn" class="tr Latn">évtanaziä</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%95%88%EB%9D%BD%EC%82%AC#Korean" title="안락사">안락사(安樂死)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">allaksa</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kyrgyz: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ky"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F#Kyrgyz" title="эвтаназия">эвтаназия</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ky-Latn" class="tr Latn">evtanaziya</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Latin">euthanasia</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/eutanasi#Norwegian" title="eutanasi">eutanasi</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="اتانازی (page does not exist)">اتانازی</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C" class="extiw" title="fa:اتانازی">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">otânâzi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/eutanazja#Polish" title="eutanazja">eutanazja</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanazja" class="extiw" title="pl:eutanazja">(pl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/eutan%C3%A1sia#Portuguese" title="eutanásia">eutanásia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutan%C3%A1sia" class="extiw" title="pt:eutanásia">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/eutanasie#Romanian" title="eutanasie">eutanasie</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanasie" class="extiw" title="ro:eutanasie">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F#Russian" title="эвтаназия">эвтана́зия</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%8D%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="extiw" title="ru:эвтаназия">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">evtanázija</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <dl><dd>Cyrillic: <span class="Cyrl" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B5%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0#Serbo-Croatian" title="еутаназија">еутаназија</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd> <dd>Roman: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/eutanazija#Serbo-Croatian" title="eutanazija">eutanazija</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanazija" class="extiw" title="sh:eutanazija">(sh)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/eutan%C3%A1zia#Slovak" title="eutanázia">eutanázia</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Slovene: <span class="Latn" lang="sl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=evtanazija&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="evtanazija (page does not exist)">evtanazija</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/eutanasia#Spanish" title="eutanasia">eutanasia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanasia" class="extiw" title="es:eutanasia">(es)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/eutanasi#Swedish" title="eutanasi">eutanasi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/eutanasi" class="extiw" title="sv:eutanasi">(sv)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="common gender">c</abbr></span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%86%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95#Thai" title="การุณยฆาต">การุณยฆาต</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%86%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95" class="extiw" title="th:การุณยฆาต">(th)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">gaa-run-yá-kâat</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%B6tanazi#Turkish" title="ötanazi">ötanazi</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%B6tanazi" class="extiw" title="tr:ötanazi">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%8F#Ukrainian" 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href="/w/index.php?title=deadiyuf&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="deadiyuf (page does not exist)">deadiyuf</a></span></li> <li>Welsh: <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ewthanasia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ewthanasia (page does not exist)">ewthanasia</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/ewthanasia" class="extiw" title="cy:ewthanasia">(cy)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="cy"><a href="/w/index.php?title=marwolaeth_esmwyth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="marwolaeth esmwyth (page does not exist)">marwolaeth esmwyth</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=euthanasia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div 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