Meanings
noundeath certificate (plural death certificates)
plural death certificates
- A document issued by a medical practitioner, or by a registrar, certifying the date, location and cause of a person's death as later entered in an official register of deaths.
Meanwhile, the death certificate was as good as signed by the North Eastern Region on December 1 last, when all mineral workings were withdrawn from the H. & B. route and seven additional services were substituted on the N.E.R. route out of Hull; [...].
1959 February, “Talking of Trains: The H. & B.R. fades away”, in Trains Illustrated, page 64
Translations
Afrikaans doodsertifikaat
- doodsertifikaatdocument
Chinese Cantonese 死亡證 /死亡证, 死亡證明書 /死亡证明书
- 死亡證 /死亡证document
- 死亡證明書 /死亡证明书 (sei² mong⁴ zing³ ming⁴ syu¹)document
Chinese Mandarin 死亡證明書 /死亡证明书, 死亡證書 /死亡证书
- 死亡證明書 /死亡证明书 (sǐwáng zhèngmíngshū)document
- 死亡證書 /死亡证书 (sǐwáng zhèngshū)document
Czech úmrtní list
- úmrtní listdocument
Danish dødsattest
- dødsattestdocument
Dutch overlijdensakte, doodceel
- overlijdensaktedocument
- doodceeldocument
Finnish kuolintodistus
- kuolintodistusdocument
French acte de décès
- acte de décèsdocument
German Totenschein, Todesbescheinigung
- Totenscheindocument
- Todesbescheinigungdocument
- Sterbeurkundedocument
Hungarian halotti bizonyítvány
- halotti bizonyítványdocument
Indonesian surat kematian, akta kematian
- surat kematiandocument
- akta kematiandocument
Japanese 死亡証明書
- 死亡証明書 (shibō shōmeisho)document
Norwegian Bokmål dødsattest
- dødsattestdocument
Polish akt zgonu
- akt zgonudocument
Portuguese atestado de óbito, certidão de óbito
- atestado de óbitodocument
- certidão de óbitodocument
Russian свиде́тельство о сме́рти
- свиде́тельство о сме́рти (svidételʹstvo o smérti)document
Spanish certificado de defunción
- certificado de defuncióndocument
Swedish dödsattest, dödsbevis
- dödsattestdocument
- dödsbevisdocument
Thai มรณบัตร
- มรณบัตร (mɔɔ-rá-ná-bàt)document
Ukrainian свідо́цтво про смерть
- свідо́цтво про смерть (svidóctvo pro smertʹ)document
Vietnamese giấy báo tử
- giấy báo tửdocument
Cite this entry
APA
death certificate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20certificate
MLA
“death certificate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20certificate. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death certificate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20certificate.
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