"parricide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpæ.ɹɪ.saɪd/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-parricide.wav [Southern-England] Forms: parricides [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricīda and parricīdium, of uncertain origin, perhaps from pār (“equal”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|parricide}} Middle French parricide, {{uder|en|la|parricīda}} Latin parricīda, {{m|la|parricīdium}} parricīdium, {{m|la|pār||equal}} pār (“equal”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} parricide (countable and uncountable, plural parricides)
  1. Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (someone who kills a relative): отцеубиец (otceubiec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), parricida [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), isänmurhaaja (Finnish), äidinmurhaaja (Finnish), parricide [feminine, masculine] (French), Verwandtenmörder [masculine] (German), Verwandtenmörderin [feminine] (German), Elternmörder (english: parent) [masculine] (German), Elternmörderin (english: parent) [feminine] (German), parricida (Italian), parricida [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), parricida [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), fadermördare [common-gender] (Swedish), modermördare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-parricide-en-noun-bNtqT8dX Disambiguation of 'someone who kills a relative': 62 21 15 2
  2. Someone who commits treason. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-parricide-en-noun-17nUUD5e
  3. The killing of a relative, especially a parent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (killing of a relative): parricidi [masculine] (Catalan), sukulaisen surma (Finnish), sukulaisen tappo (Finnish), sukulaisen murha (Finnish), parricide [masculine] (French), Parrizid [masculine] (German), Verwandtenmord [masculine] (German), Elternmord (english: parent) [masculine] (German), parricidio [masculine] (Italian), zabójstwo rodziny [neuter] (Polish), parricídio [masculine] (Portuguese), parricidio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-parricide-en-noun-lBovH93Z Disambiguation of 'killing of a relative': 25 0 56 19
  4. The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-parricide-en-noun-dMJmUgtP Disambiguation of Death: 9 1 0 90 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), English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 1 88 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 12 2 77 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 19 20 5 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 14 15 17 54 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 16 4 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (when referring to a parent): parenticide
Disambiguation of 'when referring to a parent': 48 8 41 3

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parricidi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "word": "sukulaisen surma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "word": "sukulaisen tappo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "word": "sukulaisen murha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parricide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Parrizid"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verwandtenmord"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "parent",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Elternmord"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parricidio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zabójstwo rodziny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parricídio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "killing of a relative",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parricidio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "parricide"
  ],
  "word": "parricide"
}

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