Meanings
plural death tolls
- The number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident.
Fascinated by the fact that the death toll of this singular storm was the fifth highest on record as regards overall effects/death tolls for a natural disaster in the United States in the 20th century […]
2011, Angela Mason, Death Rides the Sky: The Story of the 1925 Tri-State Tornado1 more example
Food, clothing, bedding, and fire, were supplied in sufficient proportions to maintain life and health; and the three years of severe suffering passed over the cotton districts without any sensible increase of disease, and without increasing the frequency of the death toll.
1866, John Watts, The Facts of the Cotton Famine, page 232
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 死亡人數 /死亡人数, 死者數 /死者数
- 死亡人數 /死亡人数 (sǐwáng rénshù)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- 死者數 /死者数 (sǐzhěshù)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Danish dødstal
- dødstalthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Dutch dodental
- dodentalthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Esperanto mortnombro
- mortnombrothe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Finnish kuolonuhrien määrä, kuolleiden määrä
- kuolonuhrien määräthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- kuolleiden määräthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
French nombre de morts, bilan
- nombre de mortsthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- bilanthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
German Blutzoll, Zahl der Todesopfer
- Blutzollthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- Zahl der Todesopferthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Hebrew מניין מתים
- מניין מתים (minyán metím)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Japanese 死亡者数, 死者数
- 死亡者数 (shibōsha-sū)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- 死者数 (shisha-sū)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Korean 사망자 수
- 사망자 수 (samangja su)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Norwegian Bokmål dødstall
- dødstallthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Polish umieralność
- umieralnośćthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Romanian bilanț al morților
- bilanț al morțilorthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Russian число́ жертв, коли́чество поги́бших
- число́ жертв (čisló žertv)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- коли́чество поги́бших (kolíčestvo pogíbšix)the number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Spanish número de víctimas, cantidad de muertos
- número de víctimasthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- cantidad de muertosthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- cuantía de fallecidosthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Swedish dödssiffra, antal döda
- dödssiffrathe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- antal dödathe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
- dödstalthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Tagalog bilang ng namatay
- bilang ng namataythe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Thai ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต
- ยอดผู้เสียชีวิตthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Turkish ölü sayısı
- ölü sayısıthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Vietnamese số người chết
- số người chếtthe number of dead as a result of a war, natural disaster or other incident
Cite this entry
death toll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20toll
“death toll.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20toll. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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