Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The murder of an infant.

    Infantizid, Kindesmord, Kindsmord

    детоуби́йствоdetoubíjstvo, инфантици́дinfanticíd

    дітовби́вствоditovbývstvo, інфантици́дinfantycýd

    murdering an infant

  2. (countable, uncountable)The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.

    Filizid, Infantizid, Kindesmord

    детоуби́йствоdetoubíjstvo

  3. (Canada, countable, uncountable)The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

    Infantizid

  5. The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.

    Kindesmörder, Kindesmörderin, Kindsmörder

    детоуби́йцаdetoubíjca

    a person who murders an infant

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Fadil wanted to learn more about infanticide.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
murder of an infant:
Русский
By meaning 2
murder of an infant:
person who has killed a child:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
murder of an infant:
murder of one's child:
person who has killed a child:

Origin

From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -ci

From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.

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