Deceased

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːst

Adjective

Deceased (not comparable)

Positive Deceased

Comparative not comparable

Superlative none (absolute)

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
2. Belonging to the dead.
   • The executor’s commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.
3. (law): 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

• (no longer alive): asleep, at peace, at rest, dead, departed, late, gone

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with diseased (affected with or suffering from disease)

Translations

no longer alive

Afrikaans: oorlede, afgestorwe, wyle Arabic: ميت Bosnian: mrtvi m., pokojni m., umrli m. Bulgarian: умрял bg(bg), покоен bg(bg) Catalan: difunt, mort Croatian: mrtvi m., pokojni m., umrli m. Czech: zesnulý cs(cs) m. Dutch: overleden nl(nl) Finnish: kuollut fi(fi) French: décédé fr(fr)

German: verstorben de(de), gestorben de(de) Greek: (formal) αποθάνων el(el), νεκρός el(el) Japanese: 亡くなった (nakunatta) Polish: nieżywy pl(pl), martwy pl(pl) Portuguese: falecido, morto Russian: покойный ru(ru) (pokójnyj) Serbian: Cyrillic: мртви m., покојни m., умрли m. Roman: mrtvi m., pokojni m., umrli m. Slovene: preminul, pokojen Swedish: avliden sv(sv)

belonging to the dead

Afrikaans: bestorwe

Hebrew: מנוח (manoakh), נפטר (nift'ar)

Noun

Singular Deceased

Plural deceased

Deceased (deceased)

1. A dead person
   • The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.
2. (plural deceased) dead people
   • A memorial to the deceased of two World Wars.
3. (law): 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

• (dead person): dead person, dead soul, deceased person, decedent, departed, late
• (plural: dead people): dead people, dead souls, deceased people, decedents, departed

Usage notes

Deceased is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings. Departed is most commonly used in religious settings.

Translations

dead person

Afrikaans: oorledene, afgestorwene Bosnian: mrtvac bs(bs) m., pokojnik bs(bs) m. Bulgarian: покойник bg(bg) m. Catalan: difunt, mort Croatian: mrtvac hr(hr) m., pokojnik hr(hr) m. Dutch: overledene m. or f. French: défunt fr(fr) German: Verstorbene f., Verstorbener m. Hebrew: מנוח (manoakh) m., מנוחה (menokha) f.; נפטר (nift'ar) m., נפטרת (nift'eret) f. Japanese: 死人 (shinin)

Polish: zmarły pl(pl) m. Portuguese: falecido m. Russian: покойник ru(ru) (pokójnik) m., покойный ru(ru) (pokójnyj) m., умерший ru(ru) (uméršij) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: мртвац m., покојник m. Roman: mrtvac m., pokojnik m. Slovene: preminuli m., preminula f., pokojnik m., pokojnica f. Spanish: difunto es(es) m. Swedish: avlidna c., avlidne m., döda c., döde m.

plural: dead people

Afrikaans: oorledenes, afgestorwenes Dutch: overledenen pl. French: défunts fr(fr) German: Verstorbene pl., Tote pl. (general) Japanese: 死人 (shinin)

Polish: zmarli m. pl. Portuguese: falecidos pl., mortos pl. Russian: погибшие (pogíbšije) pl. Swedish: avlidna pl., döda pl.

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