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fratricide en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīdium.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The killing of one's brother (or sister).
   • The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation. 1856, Mrs. William Busk, Mediæval Popes, Emperors, Kings, and Crusaders: Or, Germany, Italy and Palestine, from A.D. 1125 to A.D. 1268, volume IV, London: Hookham and Sons, →OCLC, page 294:
   • 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). 2014, Albert Lee Strickland, “Familicide”, in Michael John Brennan, editor, The A–Z of Death and Dying: Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 205–206:
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
   • From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide, the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,'[…] 1999, Richard M. Swain, Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm, DIANE Publishing, page 180:
   • Such a press of arms invites many opportunities for unintentional fratricide. 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Terminal Six (Legendary):
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.

Forms

Deriveds

fratricidal · nuclear fratricide

Relateds

patricide (murder of father) · homicide (murder) · sororicide (murder of sister) · regicide (murder of king)

Translations (48)

be братазабо́йства (killing of one's sibling) · sh bratoùbōjstvo (killing of one's sibling) · hy եղբայրասպանություն (killing of one's sibling) · fi veljensurma (killing of one's sibling) · ca fratricidi (killing of one's sibling) · sv brodermord (killing of one's sibling) · de Fratrizid (killing of one's sibling) · ang brōþorcwealm (killing of one's sibling) · de Geschwistertötung (killing of one's sibling) · ur برادر کشی (killing of one's sibling) · nb brodermord (killing of one's sibling) · pl bratobójstwo (killing of one's sibling) · sh фратрѝцӣд (killing of one's sibling) · it fratricidio (killing of one's sibling) · pt fratricídio (killing of one's sibling) · sh братоу̀бо̄јство (killing of one's sibling) · fa برادرکشی (killing of one's sibling) · gl fratricidio (killing of one's sibling) · et vennatapp (killing of one's sibling) · nl broedermoord (killing of one's sibling) · sk bratovražda (killing of one's sibling) · hi भ्रातृहत्या (killing of one's sibling) · tr kardeş cinayeti (killing of one's sibling) · id fratrisida (killing of one's sibling) · sh fratrìcīd (killing of one's sibling) · ro fratricid (killing of one's sibling) · de Brudermord (killing of one's sibling) · nn brormord (killing of one's sibling) · da brodermord (killing of one's sibling) · cs bratrovražda (killing of one's sibling) · fi veljesmurha (killing of one's sibling) · bg братоуби́йство (killing of one's sibling) · io fratulocido (killing of one's sibling) · nn brodermord (killing of one's sibling) · sv brödramord (killing of one's sibling) · es fratricidio (killing of one's sibling) · be братагу́бства (killing of one's sibling) · ru братоуби́йство (killing of one's sibling) · el αδελφοκτονία (killing of one's sibling) · uk братогу́бство (killing of one's sibling) · sl bratomor (killing of one's sibling) · fr fratricide (killing of one's sibling) · tl pratrisidyo (killing of one's sibling) · sh братоу̀биство (killing of one's sibling) · sh bratoùbistvo (killing of one's sibling) · mk братоубиство (killing of one's sibling) · uk братовби́вство (killing of one's sibling) · de Geschwistermord (killing of one's sibling)

fratricide en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English fratricide, from Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīda.

Meanings

1. A person who commits fratricide.
   • The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980–1015) was a fratricide, who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented his canonization as a saint. 1936, H. A. L. Fisher, A History of Europe, Edward Arnold Publishers, page 376:
   • Can Signorio was twice a fratricide, the last time when he lay upon his death-bed: his tomb bears upon its gables the images of six virtues, — Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, and (I believe) Justice and Fortitude. 1853, John Ruskin, “Roman Renaissance”, in The Stones of Venice, volume III (The Fall), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, § LVI, page 73:

Forms

Synonyms

brother-slayer

Translations (45)

uk братовби́вця (person who commits fratricide) · uk братогу́бець (person who commits fratricide) · ro fratricid (person who commits fratricide) · de Geschwistermörderin (person who commits fratricide) · hy եղբայրասպան (person who commits fratricide) · nn brormordar (person who commits fratricide) · sv brodermördare (person who commits fratricide) · fr fratricide (person who commits fratricide) · pl bratobójca (person who commits fratricide) · da brodermorder (person who commits fratricide) · sh братоу̀бојица (person who commits fratricide) · fi veljenmurhaaja (person who commits fratricide) · be братагу́бец (person who commits fratricide) · de Brudermörderin (person who commits fratricide) · ro fratricidă (person who commits fratricide) · ru братоуби́йца (person who commits fratricide) · cs bratrovrah (person who commits fratricide) · sh bratoubica (person who commits fratricide) · it fratricida (person who commits fratricide) · nn brodermordar (person who commits fratricide) · da brodermorderske (person who commits fratricide) · pl bratobójczyni (person who commits fratricide) · be братазабо́йца (person who commits fratricide) · nb brodermorder (person who commits fratricide) · gl fratricida (person who commits fratricide) · de Brudermörder (person who commits fratricide) · ca fratricida (person who commits fratricide) · sk bratovrah (person who commits fratricide) · pt fratricida (person who commits fratricide) · sl bratomorilec (person who commits fratricide) · bg братоуби́йца (person who commits fratricide) · uk братовби́вець (person who commits fratricide) · hi भ्रातृहत्यारा (person who commits fratricide) · nb brodermorderske (person who commits fratricide) · es fratricida (person who commits fratricide) · tl pratrisida (person who commits fratricide) · mk братоубиец (person who commits fratricide) · et vennatapja (person who commits fratricide) · bg братоуби́ец (person who commits fratricide) · sh братоубица (person who commits fratricide) · de Geschwistermörder (person who commits fratricide) · sv brodermörderska (person who commits fratricide) · sh bratoùbojica (person who commits fratricide) · fi veljensurmaaja (person who commits fratricide) · el αδελφοκτόνος (person who commits fratricide)