deathwatch

English

WOTD – 29 May 2011

A deathwatch beetle.

Etymology

From death +‎ watch.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛθwɒtʃ/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

deathwatch (plural deathwatches)

A vigil beside a dying person
One who guards a condemned person before execution.
A deathwatch beetle.

Translations

a vigil beside a dying person

Bulgarian: бдение при умиращ (bdenie pri umirašt)
Finnish: valvojaiset pl, ruumiinvalvojaiset (fi) pl

Russian: дежу́рство у постели умершего (dežúrstvo u posteli umerševo), бо́дрствование у постели умирающего (bódrstvovanije u posteli umirajuščevo)

one who guards a condemned person before execution

a deathwatch beetle

Bulgarian: бръмбар-гробар
Catalan: escarabat del rellotge de la mort m
Finnish: puunkaivaja (fi)

Galician: couza f
Russian: точильщик пёстрый (točilʹščik pjóstryj), книжная вошь (knižnaja vošʹ)

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