Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)The murder of one's father.

    Vatermord, Patrizid

    отцеуби́йствоotceubíjstvo

    батьковби́вствоbatʹkovbývstvo

    the murder of your father

  2. One who has murdered their father.

    Vatermörder, Vatermörderin

    отцеуби́йцаotceubíjca

    батьковби́вцяbatʹkovbývcja

    a person who murders their father

Examples

1 sentences

  1. What a loathsome patricide!

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
murder of one's father:
murderer of own father:
Русский
By meaning 2
murder of one's father:
murderer of own father:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
murder of one's father:
murderer of own father:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.

Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.

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Forms

plural: patricides
Singularpatricide
Pluralpatricides

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
murderer of one's father:father-slayer

Word family

13 related words
RelatedsuicideB1femicidefilicidefratricidegenocidehomicideinfanticidematricideparricideregicidesororicideuxoricide
Derivedpatricidal

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
patiopatriarchpatriarchalpatriarchypatrimonypatriotB2patrioticB2
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