"nepoticide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /nəˈpɒtɪsaɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /nəˈpɑtəsaɪd/ [General-American], /-ɾə-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nepoticide.wav [Southern-England] Forms: nepoticides [plural]
Etymology: From Latin nepōs, nepōtis (“nephew”) + -cide. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|nepos|nepōs, nepōtis|nephew}} Latin nepōs, nepōtis (“nephew”), {{af|en|-cide|nocat=1}} -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} nepoticide (countable and uncountable, plural nepoticides)
  1. (countable, uncountable) The killing of one's own nephew. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Death Translations (killing of one's own nephew): veljenpojan surma (Finnish), népoticide [masculine] (French), nepoticidio [masculine] (Galician), nevocido (Ido), morderstwo siostrzeńca [neuter] (Polish), morderstwo bratanka [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-nepoticide-en-noun-KRyLqBqb Disambiguation of Death: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -cide (killing) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 73 27 Disambiguation of "killing of one's own nephew": 82 18
  2. (countable) One who kills his or her own nephew. Tags: countable Translations (one who kills his or her own nephew): veljenpoikansa surmaaja (Finnish), nepoticida [feminine, masculine] (Galician)
    Sense id: en-nepoticide-en-noun-JUMRgcWQ Disambiguation of 'one who kills his or her own nephew': 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: nepocide [rare] Derived forms: nepoticidal Related terms: nepotism, nepotist, nepotistic, avunculicide (english: killing of uncle)

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