"matricide" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-matricide.wav Forms: matricides [plural]
Etymology: From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricīdium (“the murder of one's mother”). By surface analysis, matri- + -cide. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|matricide}} French matricide, {{der|en|la|mātricīda||person who kills his own mother}} Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”), {{surf|en|matri-|-cide}} By surface analysis, matri- + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} matricide (countable and uncountable, plural matricides)
  1. The killing of one's mother. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (killing of one's mother): matricidi [masculine] (Catalan), 弒母 (Chinese Mandarin), 弑母 (shìmǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), matkovražda [feminine] (Czech), äidinmurha (Finnish), matricide [masculine] (French), Muttermord [masculine] (German), Matrizid [masculine] (German), μητροκτονία (mitroktonía) [feminine] (Greek), matrisida (Indonesian), matricidio (Interlingua), matricidio [masculine] (Italian), mātricīdium [neuter] (Latin), matkobójstwo [neuter] (Polish), matricídio [masculine] (Portuguese), matricid [neuter] (Romanian), матереуби́йство (matereubíjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), materoubistvo [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), majkoubistvo [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), matkovražda [feminine] (Slovak), matricidio [masculine] (Spanish), modermord [neuter] (Swedish), matrisidyo (Tagalog), матеревби́вство (materevbývstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-matricide-en-noun-cpgUBe16 Disambiguation of "killing of one's mother": 96 4
  2. A person who kills his or her mother. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Death Translations (person who kills their mother): մայրասպան (mayraspan) (Armenian), matricida [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 弒母者 (Chinese Mandarin), 弑母者 (shìmǔzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), matkovrah [masculine] (Czech), matricide [feminine, masculine] (French), Muttermörder [masculine] (German), Muttermörderin [feminine] (German), μητροκτόνος (mitroktónos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), marfóir máthar [masculine] (Irish), matricida [feminine, masculine] (Italian), mātricīda [feminine] (Latin), matkobójca [masculine] (Polish), matkobójczyni [feminine] (Polish), matricida [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), матереуби́йца (matereubíjca) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), materoubica [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), majkoubica [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), matkovrah [masculine] (Slovak), matricida [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), modermördare [common-gender] (Swedish), matrisida (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-matricide-en-noun-xntDhk3k Disambiguation of Death: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with matri-, English terms suffixed with -cide, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -cide (killing), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with matri-: 23 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 29 71 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 84 5 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 83 6 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of 'person who kills their mother': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: filicide, genocide, homicide, infanticide, patricide, regicide, suicide, uxoricide

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "word": "մայրասպան"
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shìmǔzhě",
      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "marfóir máthar"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "matricida"
    },
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mātricīda"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "matkobójca"
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "matkobójczyni"
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "матереуби́йца"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "materoubica"
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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      "sense": "person who kills their mother",
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