commit suicide

verb

To kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Meanings

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

present singular third person commits suicide · participle present committing suicide · participle past committed suicide · past committed suicide

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.)

Translations

Afrikaans selfmoord pleeg
  • selfmoord pleegto kill oneself intentionally
Arabic اِنْتَحَرَ
  • اِنْتَحَرَ (intaḥara)to kill oneself intentionally
Bengali আত্মহত্যা করা
  • আত্মহত্যা করা (attohotta kora)to kill oneself intentionally
Bulgarian извърши самоубийство
  • извърши самоубийство (izvărši samoubijstvo)to kill oneself intentionally
Catalan suïcidar-se
  • suïcidar-seto kill oneself intentionally
Chinese Cantonese 自殺 /自杀
  • 自殺 /自杀 (zi⁶ saat³)to kill oneself intentionally
Chinese Mandarin 自殺 /自杀, 自盡 /自尽
  • 自殺 /自杀 (zìshā)to kill oneself intentionally
  • 自盡 /自尽 (zìjìn)to kill oneself intentionally
  • 輕生 /轻生 (qīngshēng)to kill oneself intentionally
Czech spáchat sebevraždu
  • spáchat sebevražduto kill oneself intentionally
Danish begå selvmord, tage sig af dage
  • begå selvmordto kill oneself intentionally
  • tage sig af dageto kill oneself intentionally
Dutch zelfmoord plegen
  • zelfmoord plegento kill oneself intentionally
Esperanto mortigi sin, sinmortigi
  • mortigi sinto kill oneself intentionally
  • sinmortigito kill oneself intentionally
Estonian enesetappu sooritama, enesetapu sooritama
  • enesetappu sooritamato kill oneself intentionally
  • enesetapu sooritamato kill oneself intentionally
Finnish tehdä itsemurha
  • tehdä itsemurhato kill oneself intentionally
French se suicider, mettre fin à ses jours
  • se suiciderto kill oneself intentionally
  • mettre fin à ses joursto kill oneself intentionally
  • sortir par la porte de Tellierto kill oneself intentionally
  • francetélécomerto kill oneself intentionally
  • s'autolyserto kill oneself intentionally
  • se brûler la cervelleto kill oneself intentionally
  • se buterto kill oneself intentionally
  • se donner la mortto kill oneself intentionally
  • se faire sauter la cervelleto kill oneself intentionally
  • se faire sauter le caissonto kill oneself intentionally
  • se supprimerto kill oneself intentionally
German Selbstmord begehen (i.e. “to bego selfmurder”)
  • Selbstmord begehen (i.e. “to bego selfmurder”)to kill oneself intentionally
Greek αυτοκτονώ
  • αυτοκτονώ (aftoktonó)to kill oneself intentionally
Hebrew הִתְאַבֵּד
  • הִתְאַבֵּד (hit'abéd)to kill oneself intentionally
Hindi आत्महत्या करना
  • आत्महत्या करना (ātmahatyā karnā)to kill oneself intentionally
Hungarian öngyilkosságot követ el, öngyilkos lesz
  • öngyilkosságot követ elto kill oneself intentionally
  • öngyilkos leszto kill oneself intentionally
Indonesian bunuh diri
  • bunuh dirito kill oneself intentionally
Irish lámh a chur i do bhás féin, giorrú leat féin
  • lámh a chur i do bhás féinto kill oneself intentionally
  • giorrú leat féinto kill oneself intentionally
Italian suicidarsi, togliersi la vita
  • suicidarsito kill oneself intentionally
  • togliersi la vitato kill oneself intentionally
Japanese 自殺する, 自死する
  • 自殺する (jisatsu suru)to kill oneself intentionally
  • 自死する (jishi suru)to kill oneself intentionally
Korean 자인하다, 자살하다
  • 자인하다 (jain-hada)to kill oneself intentionally
  • 자살하다 (jasal-hada)to kill oneself intentionally
Latin mihi mortem conscisco
  • mihi mortem consciscoto kill oneself intentionally
Latvian pasadarīties, nāvēties
  • pasadarītiesto kill oneself intentionally
  • nāvētiesto kill oneself intentionally
Malay bunuh diri
  • bunuh dirito kill oneself intentionally
Norwegian begå selvmord
  • begå selvmordto kill oneself intentionally
Persian خودکشی کردن
  • خودکشی کردن (xod-koši kardan)to kill oneself intentionally
Polish popełniać samobójstwo, popełnić samobójstwo
  • popełniać samobójstwoto kill oneself intentionally
  • popełnić samobójstwoto kill oneself intentionally
  • odbierać sobie życieto kill oneself intentionally
  • odebrać sobie życieto kill oneself intentionally
Portuguese suicidar-se, cometer suicídio
  • suicidar-seto kill oneself intentionally
  • cometer suicídioto kill oneself intentionally
Romanian sinucide
  • sinucideto kill oneself intentionally
Russian поко́нчить жизнь самоуби́йством, поко́нчить с собо́й
  • поко́нчить жизнь самоуби́йством (pokónčitʹ žiznʹ samoubíjstvom)to kill oneself intentionally
  • поко́нчить с собо́й (pokónčitʹ s sobój)to kill oneself intentionally
  • наложи́ть на себя́ ру́ки (naložítʹ na sebjá rúki)to kill oneself intentionally
  • свести́ счёты с жи́знью (svestí sčóty s žíznʹju)to kill oneself intentionally
  • соверши́ть самоуби́йство (soveršítʹ samoubíjstvo)to kill oneself intentionally
  • самоуби́ться (samoubítʹsja)to kill oneself intentionally
  • вы́пилиться (výpilitʹsja)to kill oneself intentionally
  • суици́днуться (suicídnutʹsja)to kill oneself intentionally
  • роскомнадзо́рнуться (roskomnadzórnutʹsja)to kill oneself intentionally
Slovak spáchať samovraždu
  • spáchať samovražduto kill oneself intentionally
Spanish suicidarse
  • suicidarseto kill oneself intentionally
Swahili jiua
  • jiuato kill oneself intentionally
Swedish begå självmord, ta livet av sig
  • begå självmordto kill oneself intentionally
  • ta livet av sigto kill oneself intentionally
  • ta sitt livto kill oneself intentionally
Tagalog magpakamatay, magpatiwakal
  • magpakamatayto kill oneself intentionally
  • magpatiwakalto kill oneself intentionally
Tamil தற்கொலை செய், தற்கொலை பண்ணு
  • தற்கொலை செய் (taṟkolai cey)to kill oneself intentionally
  • தற்கொலை பண்ணு (taṟkolai paṇṇu)to kill oneself intentionally
Thai ปลงชีวิต, ฆ่าตัวตาย
  • ปลงชีวิต (bplong chee-wít)to kill oneself intentionally
  • ฆ่าตัวตาย (kâa dtua dtaai)to kill oneself intentionally
  • คิดสั้น (kít-sân)to kill oneself intentionally
Turkish intihar etmek
  • intihar etmekto kill oneself intentionally
Ukrainian покі́нчити життя́ самогу́бством, покі́нчити з собо́ю
  • покі́нчити життя́ самогу́бством (pokínčyty žyttjá samohúbstvom)to kill oneself intentionally
  • покі́нчити з собо́ю (pokínčyty z sobóju)to kill oneself intentionally
  • накла́сти на се́бе ру́ки (naklásty na sébe rúky)to kill oneself intentionally
  • зво́дити раху́нки з життя́м (zvódyty raxúnky z žyttjám)to kill oneself intentionally
  • звести́ раху́нки з життя́м (zvestý raxúnky z žyttjám)to kill oneself intentionally
Urdu خودکشی کرنا
  • خودکشی کرنا (xudkuśī karnā)to kill oneself intentionally
Vietnamese tự tử, tự sát
  • tự tửto kill oneself intentionally
  • tự sátto kill oneself intentionally
Cite this entry
APA

commit suicide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commit%20suicide

MLA

“commit suicide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commit%20suicide. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commit suicide,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commit%20suicide.

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