parricide
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par·ri·cide
(păr′ĭ-sīd′)n.
1. The killing of one's father, mother, or other near relative.
2. The killing of the ruler of one's country.
3. One who commits parricide.
[Latin parricīdium and parricīda : pāri-, parri-, kin + -cīdium. -cīda, -cide.]
par′ri·cid′al (-sīd′l) adj.
par′ri·cid′al·ly adv.
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parricide
(ˈpærɪˌsaɪd)n
1. (Law) the act of killing either of one's parents
2. (Law) a person who kills his or her parent
[C16: from Latin parricīdium murder of a parent or relative, and from parricīda one who murders a relative, from parri- (element related to Greek pēos kinsman) + -cīdium, -cīda -cide]
ˌparriˈcidal adj
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par•ri•cide
(ˈpær əˌsaɪd)n.
1. the killing of one's parent or other close relative.
2. a person who commits such an act.
[1545–55; < Latin parricīdum act of kin-murder, parricīda kin-killer =pāri- (akin to Greek pāós, Attic pēós kinsman) + -cīdum, -cida -cide]
par`ri•cid′al, adj.
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parricide
1. the act of killing one’s parent or other close relative.
2. a person who has killed his parent. — parricidal, adj.
See also: Parents2. a person who has killed his parent. — parricidal, adj.
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Noun | 1. | parricide - someone who kills his or her parent matricide - a person who murders their mother liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) patricide - a person who murders their father |
2. | parricide - the murder of your own father or mother matricide - the murder of your mother patricide - the murder of your father |
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Translations
قاتِل أحد الوالِدَين أو الأقْرِباءقَتْل أحد الوالِدَين او الأقْرِباء
otcovrahvražda blízkého příbuzného
=-mord=-morderforældremordforældremorder
apagyilkos
föîur-/móîurmorîföîur-/móîurmorîingi
tėvažudystėvažudystė
tēva/mātes/tuva radinieka slepkavatēva/mātes/tuva radinieka slepkavība
vražda blízkeho príbuzného
kendi ana veya babasını öldüren kimsekendi ana veya babasını öldürme
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
parricide
n (= act) → Vater-/Muttermord m; (= person) → Vater-/Muttermörder(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
parricide
(ˈpӕrisaid) noun1. the murder of a parent or near relative.
2. a person who does such a murder.
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