deceasedとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɪˈsiːst/
• (米国発音) enPR: dē-sēst' IPA^(key): /diˈsist/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /diˈsist/, /diˈsizd/, /dɪˈsizd/
• (Nigeria) IPA^(key): /dɪˈzizd/
• Homophone: diseased (Nigeria)
• 韻: -iːst

形容詞

deceased (not comparable)

1. No longer alive; dead.
   • Monty Python

     That parrot is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not ’alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein’ tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.

2. Belonging to the dead.

   The executor’s commission for winding up the deceased estate was 3.5%.

3. (law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

使用する際の注意点

• Not to be confused with diseased (affected with または suffering from disease).

同意語

• (no longer alive): asleep (euphemistic), at peace (euphemistic), at rest (euphemistic), dead, departed (euphemistic), late, gone (euphemistic)

名詞

deceased (複数形 deceased または deceaseds)

1. A dead person.

   The deceased was interred in his local churchyard.

   a memorial to the deceased of two World Wars

2. (law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used in US English. In criminal law, “the deceased” refers to the victim of a homicide.

使用する際の注意点

Deceased or decedent is commonly used in legal and journalistic settings. Departed is most commonly used in religious settings.

同意語

• (dead person): decedent, departed, late
• (複数形: dead people): decedents, departed