pass away

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pass away

verb passes away · passing away · passed away

  1. euphemistic, idiomatic To die. After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
  2. archaic, literary To disappear; to cease to be; to be no more. Returne with ſpeed, time paſſeth ſwift away, Our life is fraile, and we may dye to day.
  3. obsolete To spend; to waste. Lest she pass away the flower of her age.

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verb to die (euphemistic)

Españolfallecer, dejarnos, finar, finarse, pasar a mejor vida
한국어돌아가시다 doragasida
日本語逝く iku, yuku, 亡くなる nakunaru, 逝去する seikyo suru
中文去世 qùshì, 逝世 shìshì, 過世 /过世 guòshì
Kiswahilifariki dunia, aga dunia
Portuguêsfalecer, ir-se
Françaisdécéder, s'éteindre
Deutschentschlafen, versterben
Italianoscomparire, mancare, venire a mancare
Ελληνικάξεψυχώ xepsychó, αφήνω την τελευταία μου πνοή afíno tin teleftaía mou pnoḯ
Românăda duhul, sfârși, muri, deceda, răposa, înceta din viață
Русскийсконча́ться skončátʹsja, умере́ть umerétʹ
Tiếng Việtqua đời, từ trần, viên tịch
עבריתנִפְטַר niftár, הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ halákh l'olamó

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@misc{pass_away_2026,
  title = {pass away},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pass%20away},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}