PERISH | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of perish – Learner’s Dictionary

perish
verb [ I ]
  literary
uk
/ˈperɪʃ/
us
to die:
Hundreds of people perished in the flood.

(Definition of perish from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of perish

in Chinese (Traditional)
死亡, (尤指因意外或遇害)喪生,死亡, 湮滅…
in Chinese (Simplified)
死亡, (尤指因事故或遇害)丧生,死亡, 消亡…
in Spanish
perecer, fallecer…
in Portuguese
perder a vida, perecer, morrer…
in more languages
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in Turkish
in French
in Catalan
in Dutch
in Danish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
in Russian
in Arabic
in Czech
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Korean
in Italian
死ぬ, 消滅する…
can vermek, yok olmak, telef olmak…
périr…
perir…
om het leven komen…
omkomme…
dö, omkomma, gå under…
terkorban…
umkommen…
omkomme, dø…
гинути…
погибать…
يَموت, يَهلُك…
zahynout…
binasa…
เสียชีวิ…
chết/ diệt vong…
czeznąć, ginąć, zginąć…
소멸하다, 죽다…
perire…
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