commit suicide

commit suicide

English

Verb

commit suicide (third-person singular simple present commits suicide, present participle committing suicide, simple past and past participle committed suicide)

1. To kill oneself; to take one's own life.

Usage notes

The conventional verb construction is "to commit suicide". Some mental-health advocates discourage this usage as outdated and stigmatizing; suggested alternatives include "die by suicide", "suicide" (as a verb; an anthimeria), or rephrasings without the word suicide.[1][2][3]

Synonyms

• suicide
• top oneself
• take one's own life
• kill oneself
• self-kill
• See also Thesaurus:commit suicide

Translations

to kill oneself

Arabic: اِنْتَحَرَ‎ (intaḥara) Armenian: ինքնասպան լինել (inkʿnaspan linel) Assamese: আত্মহত্যা কৰ (atmohoitta kor) Azerbaijani: intihar etmək Belarusian: ско́нчыць жыццё самагу́бствам pf (skónčycʹ žyccjó samahúbstvam), пако́нчыць з сабо́й pf (pakónčycʹ z sabój) Biatah Bidayuh: bitŭkŭŭ Bulgarian: извърши самоубийство pf (izvǎrši samoubijstvo) Burmese: ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ကိုသတ်သေ (my) (kuiy.kuiykuisatse) Catalan: suïcidar-se (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 自殺 (yue), 自杀 (yue) (zi6 saat3) Mandarin: 自殺／自杀 (zh) (zìshā), 自盡／自尽 (zh) (zìjìn) Czech: spáchat sebevraždu pf Danish: begå selvmord, tage sig af dage Dupaningan Agta: magmunas Dutch: zelfmoord plegen Esperanto: mortigi sin, sinmortigi Estonian: enesetappu sooritama, enesetapu sooritama Faroese: taka lívið av sær Finnish: tehdä itsemurha French: se suicider (fr) Galician: suicidarse, matarse (gl) German: Selbstmord begehen Greek: αυτοκτονώ (el) (aftoktonó) Hebrew: הִתְאַבֵּד‎ (he) (hit'abéd) Hindi: आत्महत्या करना (ātmahatyā karnā), ख़ुदकुशी करना (xudkuśī karnā) Hungarian: öngyilkosságot követ el, öngyilkos lesz Ido: su-ocidar (io), ocidar su Indonesian: bunuh diri Irish: lámh a chur i do bhás féin, giorrú leat féin Italian: suicidarsi (it), togliersi la vita Japanese: 自殺する (ja) (じさつする, jisatsu suru), 自死する (jishi suru) Kazakh: өзін-өзі мерт қылу (özın-özı mert qylu), өз жанын өзі қию (öz janyn özı qiü) Khmer: ធ្វើអត្តឃាតខ្លួនឯង (tvəə atta’ kʰiet kluən aeŋ) Korean: 자인하다 (ko) (jain-hada), 자살하다 (ko) (jasal-hada) Kyrgyz: өз жанын кыюу (öz janın kıyuu) Lao: ຂ້າຕົວຕາຍ (khā tūa tāi) Latin: mihi mortem conscisco Macedonian: вр́ши самоу́биство impf (vŕši samoúbistvo), извр́шува самоу́биство pf (izvŕšuva samoúbistvo) Malay: bunuh diri (ms) Mongolian: амиа хорлох (amia xorlox) Norman: sé suicider, s'mêfaithe Norwegian: begå selvmord Persian: خودکشی کردن‎ (xod-koši kardan) Polish: popełnić samobójstwo pf Portuguese: suicidar-se Romanian: sinucide (ro) Russian: поко́нчить жизнь самоуби́йством pf (pokónčitʹ žiznʹ samoubíjstvom), поко́нчить с собо́й (ru) pf (pokónčitʹ s sobój), наложи́ть на себя́ ру́ки (ru) pf (naložítʹ na sebjá rúki), свести́ счёты с жи́знью pf (svestí sčóty s žíznʹju), соверши́ть самоуби́йство pf (soveršítʹ samoubíjstvo), самоуби́ться (ru) pf (samoubítʹsja) (mostly colloquial), вы́пилиться (ru) pf (výpilitʹsja) (colloquial), суици́днуться (ru) pf (suicídnutʹsja) (colloquial), роскомнадзо́рнуться (ru) pf (roskomnadzórnutʹsja) (colloquial, usually Internet slang) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: изврши самоубиство pf Roman: izvrši samoubistvo pf Slovak: spáchať samovraždu pf Slovene: naredíti samomòr pf Spanish: suicidarse (es) Swedish: begå självmord (sv), ta livet av sig (sv), ta sitt liv (sv) Tagalog: magpakamatay, magpatiwakal Tajik: худкушӣ кардан (xudkušī kardan) Telugu: please add this translation if you can Thai: ปลงชีวิต (th) (bplong chee-wít), ฆ่าตัวตาย (th) (kâa dtua dtaai), คิดสั้น (th) (kít-sân) Turkish: intihar etmek Ukrainian: покі́нчити життя́ самогу́бством pf (pokínčyty žyttjá samohúbstvom), покі́нчити з собо́ю pf (pokínčyty z sobóju), накла́сти на се́бе ру́ки pf (naklásty na sébe rúky) Urdu: خودکشی کرنا‎ (xudkuśī karnā) Vietnamese: tự tử (vi), tự sát (vi) Walloon: si mete a fén (wa), si distrure (wa), fé l' fén d' lu-minme (wa), fé måleur di s' coir Zhuang: gaggaj

References

1. “Conscious Language in The American Heritage Dictionary”, in Conscious Style Guide‎, February 22, 2018, retrieved 30 June 2021
2. “Commit suicide”, in Cambridge Dictionary‎, accessed 30 June 2021
3. “Suicide”, in Dictionary.com‎, accessed 30 June 2021