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 Definitions of parricide  [ˈpær əˌsaɪd]  

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Definition of 'parricide' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) parricide
the killing of one's parent or other close relative.

2.  parricide
a person who commits such an act.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < L parricīdum act of kin-murder, parricīda kin-killer =pāri- (akin to Gk pāós, Attic pēós kinsman) +-cīdum, -cida -cide)

Definition of 'parricide' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) parricide
someone who kills his or her parent

2. (noun) parricide
the murder of your own father or mother


Definition of 'parricide' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) parricide
properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor

2. (noun) parricide
the act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor


Translation of 'parricide' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the murder of a parent or near relative.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: ouermoord Arabic flag Arabic: قَتْل أحد الوالِدَين او ا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отцеубийство
Brazilian flag Brazilian: parricídio Czech flag Czech: vražda blízkého příbuznéh German flag German: der Vater-/Muttermord
Danish flag Danish: forældremord; -mord Greek flag Greek: πατροκτονία, μητροκτονία Spanish flag Spanish: parricidio
Estonian flag Estonian: isatapp, ematapp Farsi flag Farsi: کشتن پدر یا مادر یا خویشا Finnish flag Finnish: läheisen murha
French flag French: parricide Hebrew flag Hebrew: רֶצָח קָרוֹב מִשפָּחָה Hindi flag Hindi: पितृहत्या
Croatian flag Croatian: umorstvo ili ubojica oca, Hungarian flag Hungarian: apagyilkosság Indonesian flag Indonesian: pembunuhan terhadap kelua
Icelandic flag Icelandic: föður-/móðurmorð Italian flag Italian: parricidio Japanese flag Japanese: 親殺し
Korean flag Korean: 부모(모친)살해 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tėvažudystė Latvian flag Latvian: tēva/mātes/tuva radinieka
Malay flag Malay: pembunuhan bapa sendiri Dutch flag Dutch: vadermoord, familiemoord Norwegian flag Norwegian: fader-/modermord
Polish flag Polish: zabójstwo (bliskiego krew Persian flag Persian: کشتن پدر یا مادر یا خویشا Pashto flag Pashto: پلاروژنه، مورو ژنه، هيواد
Portuguese flag Portuguese: parricídio Romanian flag Romanian: paricid Russian flag Russian: отцеубийство
Slovak flag Slovak: vražda blízkeho príbuznéh Slovenian flag Slovenian: očetomor Serbian flag Serbian: ubistvo roditelja ili bli
Swedish flag Swedish: fader-, modermord Thai flag Thai: การฆ่าบิดามารดา Turkish flag Turkish: kendi ana veya babasını ö
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 殺父母,殺近親 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: батьковбивство; матеревби Urdu flag Urdu: والدين کشي، محسن کشي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tội giết người thân thích Chinese flag Chinese: 杀父母,杀近亲

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