pass away

English

pass away (third-person singular simple present passes away, present participle passing away, simple past and past participle passed away)

(euphemistic, idiomatic) To die.
After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
  He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
(obsolete) To spend; to waste.
- Bible, Eccles. xlii. 9
  Lest she pass away the flower of her age.

Usually refers to death by natural causes or medical conditions.

to die (euphemistic)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 去世 (zh) (qùshì), 逝世 (zh) (shìshì)
Danish: gå bort, sove ind
Dutch: overlijden (nl), ontslapen (nl), heengaan (nl)
Finnish: nukkua pois (fi)
French: mourir (fr), décéder (fr)
German: entschlafen (de), versterben (de)
Greek: ξεψυχώ (el) (xepsychó), αφήνω την τελευταία μου πνοή (afíno tin teleftaía mou pnoḯ)
Hebrew: נִפְטַר‎ (he) (niftár), הָלַךְ לְעוֹלָמוֹ‎ (halákh l'olamó)
Ido: pasar (io)
Indonesian: meninggal dunia (id), wafat (id)
Irish: imigh sall
Japanese: 逝く (ja) (iku, yuku), 亡くなる (ja) (nakunaru), 逝去する (ja) (seikyo suru)
Korean: 돌아가시다 (ko) (doragasida)
Latin: aborior, pereō
Malagasy: maty (mg), maty (mg)

Mongolian: өнгөрөх (mn) (öngöröh), үхэх (mn) (üheh)
Norman: pâsser l'pas
Norwegian: gå bort
Persian: فوت کردن‎ (fa) (fowt kardan)
Polish: odejść (pl)
Portuguese: falecer (pt), ir-se (Brazil)
Romanian: a-și da duhul, sfârși (ro), muri (ro), deceda (ro), răposa (ro), înceta din viață (ro)
Russian: сконча́ться (ru) pf (skončátʹsja), умере́ть (ru) pf (umerétʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: преминути pf

Roman: preminuti (sh) pf
Spanish: fallecer (es)
Swedish: gå bort (sv)
Thai: เสียชีวิต (th) (sǐia-chii-wít)
Turkish: göçmek (tr) (literally 'to migrate'), Hakk'ın rahmetine kavuşmak (tr) (literally 'to meet the grace of God'), vefat etmek (tr) (albeit not being a euphemism, archaic wording distances the occurrence of death from its unpleasantness), ruhunu teslim etmek (tr), ebediyete intikal etmek, vaktini doldurmak
Vietnamese: qua đời (vi), (fall in battle:) từ trần (vi)

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