"uxoricide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪˌsaɪd/ Audio: en-us-uxoricide.ogg Forms: uxoricides [plural]
Etymology: From French uxoricide or Latin uxor + English -icide. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|uxoricide}} French uxoricide, {{der|en|la|uxor}} Latin uxor, {{affix|en|-icide}} -icide Head templates: {{en-noun}} uxoricide (plural uxoricides)
  1. One who murders his or her wife. Categories (topical): Death, People Hypernyms: homicide (english: murder of a human being), mariticide (english: murder of one's spouse) Translations (a man who kills his wife): naisetapja (Estonian), uxoricide [masculine] (French), Gattinnenmörder [masculine] (German), συζυγοκτόνος (syzygoktónos) [masculine] (Greek), uxoricida (Italian), żonobójca [masculine] (Polish), uxoricida [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), uxorizìda [masculine] (Romagnol), женоуби́йца (ženoubíjca) [masculine] (Russian), женоубица [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ženoubica [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), uxoricida [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), hustrumördare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-uxoricide-en-noun-vIwCZcar Disambiguation of Death: 59 41 Disambiguation of People: 72 28 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -icide
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ʌkˈsɔː.ɹɪˌsaɪd/ Audio: en-us-uxoricide.ogg Forms: uxoricides [plural]
Etymology: From French uxoricide or Latin uxōricīdium. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|uxoricide}} French uxoricide, {{bor|en|la|uxōricīdium}} Latin uxōricīdium Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} uxoricide (countable and uncountable, plural uxoricides)
  1. The murdering of one's own wife. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Marriage Derived forms: uxoricidal Related terms: familicide (english: murder/murderer of one's family), fratricide (english: murder/murderer of one's brother), infanticide (english: murder/murderer of one's child), parricide (english: murder/murderer of one's relative), patricide (english: murder/murderer of one's father), matricide (english: murder/murderer of one's mother), sororicide (english: murder/murderer of one's sister), suicide (english: the act of killing oneself/one who kills oneself), uxorious (english: devoted to one's wife) Translations (the killing of one's wife): edzinmurdo (Esperanto), naisetapp (Estonian), vaimonmurha (Finnish), uxoricide [masculine] (French), Gattinnenmord [masculine] (German), συζυγοκτονία (syzygoktonía) [feminine] (Greek), spozinocido (Ido), uxoricidio [masculine] (Italian), żonobójstwo [neuter] (Polish), uxoricídio [masculine] (Portuguese), uxorizìdi [masculine] (Romagnol), женоуби́йство (ženoubíjstvo) [neuter] (Russian), женоубиство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ženoubistvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), uxoricidio [masculine] (Spanish), hustrumord [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-uxoricide-en-noun-cJEllm1q Disambiguation of Marriage: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romagnol translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Romagnol translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
      "word": "naisetapja"
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gattinnenmörder"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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    },
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "żonobójca"
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      "word": "uxoricida"
    },
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      "code": "rgn",
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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      ],
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "женоубица"
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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      ],
      "word": "uxoricida"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "a man who kills his wife",
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      "word": "hustrumördare"
    }
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}

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    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "english": "murder/murderer of one's brother",
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      "english": "the act of killing oneself/one who kills oneself",
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          "text": "Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "word": "edzinmurdo"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "word": "naisetapp"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "word": "vaimonmurha"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uxoricide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gattinnenmord"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "συζυγοκτονία"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "word": "spozinocido"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uxoricidio"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
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      ],
      "word": "żonobójstwo"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "uxoricídio"
    },
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      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uxorizìdi"
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      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
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      "word": "ženoubistvo"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the killing of one's wife",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "uxoricidio"
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      "code": "sv",
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  "word": "uxoricide"
}

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