Definitions For Undead

Noun

UNDEAD (plural UNDEADs) (horror fiction) A creature that is undead; that is, dead but still animate.

Adjective

(not comparable) Pertaining to a corpse, though having qualities of life. (horror fiction) Being animate, though non-living.

Translations

Czech: nemrtvý Dutch: ondode, m, levende dode, m Esperanto: malmorta French: mort-vivant, m German: untot Hungarian: élőhalott Norwegian: vandød Polish: nieumarły, m Portuguese: morto-vivo, m Spanish: no-muerto, m, zombi {{checktrans-top}} Catalan: {{t-check, ca, mort vivent}}

Etymology

From Middle English undede, equivalent to {{af, en, un-, dead}}. The first attestation is from around 1400. Usage as a noun is attested from the early 20th century onwards.