demise

Etymology
From, , , , from , the feminine singular past participle of ; from , feminine singular of perfect passive participle of. The senses "death, end" derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished.

The verb is from, from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
 * 2) Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
 * 3)  The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
 * 1)  The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
 * 1)  The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
 * 1)  The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Macedonian: префрлу́вање, пре́нос
 * Occitan: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: предаване по наследство
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * German:, Besitzübertragung, ,
 * Macedonian: преда́вање по на́следство
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: переда́ча по насле́дству


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,forpaso
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Ingrian: koolema, surma
 * Italian: ,
 * Kazakh: ажал
 * Macedonian:
 * Maori: tāwhatitanga
 * Occitan:, décès
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: bàs, caochladh, eug
 * Spanish: ,


 * Catalan:, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * German:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:, ,
 * Italian: falio
 * Macedonian: крај, про́паст
 * Maori: whakahinganga
 * Occitan:, , malafin, ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Spanish:, , ,

Verb

 * 1)  To give.
 * 2)  To convey, as by will or lease.
 * 3)  To transmit by inheritance.
 * 4)  To pass by inheritance.
 * 5)  To die.

Etymology
, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) resignation, abdication