euthanization
noun
euthanization is a noun meaning “The act or process of euthanizing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-U-T-H-A-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of euthanization is euthanizations.
What does euthanization mean?
noun
- 1
The act or process of euthanizing
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of euthanization
- euthanizations plural
- euthanisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is euthanization?
Euthanization appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Euthanization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | eutanasiación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does euthanization come from?
From euthanize + -ation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).