amputee
Syllables: am·pu·tee/ampjʊˈtiː/
amputee noun: a person who has had one or more limbs removed.
Noun
amputee (plural amputees)
- A person who has had one or more limbs removed.
amputee meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
amputee in Tamil
- உறுப்பு நீக்கப்பட்டவர், வெட்டுணி
amputee in Urdu
- انگ کٹا, مقطوع
amputee in Kannada
- ತುಂಡರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡವ
amputee in Arabic
- person who has had one or more limbs removed
- أَبْتَر ʔabtar, أَقْطَع ʔaqṭaʕ, مَبْتُور الطَّرَف mabtūr aṭ-ṭaraf, مَقْطُوع الطَّرَف maqṭūʕ aṭ-ṭaraf
More languagesFewer languages
- amputee in Persian
- مقطوعالعضو maqtu'-ol'-ozv
Forms of amputee
| plural | amputees |
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Origin of amputee
From French amputée, (past participle of amputer (“to amputate”)), from Latin amputatus, perfect passive participle of amputare (“to amputate”).
Words formed from amputee
Questions about amputee
- What does amputee mean?
- Amputee means a person who has had one or more limbs removed.
- What is amputee in Tamil?
- Amputee in Tamil is உறுப்பு நீக்கப்பட்டவர், வெட்டுணி. See Amputee meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is amputee?
- Amputee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amputee?
- Amputee is pronounced /ampjʊˈtiː/.
- What is the plural of amputee?
- The plural of amputee is amputees.
Words near amputee in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: amputee (page history and authors); amputee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amputee (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amputee (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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