Dictionary

genocidal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈsaɪdəl/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English genocide English -al English genocidal From genocide + -al.

Meanings

1. (causative, form-of) Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide.
   form of or relating to an act or policy of genocide
   • An ethnic civil war triggered the genocidal massacre of more than 500000 people in just a few short months. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans fled... 1988, Andrew Farmer, The Rich Single Life:
   • And the Nazi, in turn, tries to curry favor with the Mossadnik by asking him about his sister Fruma, executed in some frozen forest by the genocidal machine Eichmann had helped design. 2018 August 22, Liel Leibovitz, “Eichmann in Full”, in Tablet:
   • transnational genocidal organization

Forms

Deriveds

antigenocidal · genocidally

Translations (23)

fr génocidaire (causative of or relating to a genocide) · fi kansanmurhaan liittyvä (causative of or relating to a genocide) · de genozidisch (causative of or relating to a genocide) · fi kansanmurhaan pyrkivä (causative of or relating to a genocide) · es genocida (causative of or relating to a genocide) · cs genocidní (causative of or relating to a genocide) · de völkermordähnlich (causative of or relating to a genocide) · gl xenocida (causative of or relating to a genocide) · cmn 種族滅絕的 /种族灭绝的 (causative of or relating to a genocide) · sh ге̏ноцӣдан (causative of or relating to a genocide) · cy hil-laddiadol (causative of or relating to a genocide) · sv folkmords- (causative of or relating to a genocide) · de genozidal (causative of or relating to a genocide) · el γενοκτόνος (causative of or relating to a genocide) · pl ludobójczy (causative of or relating to a genocide) · ru геноци́дный (causative of or relating to a genocide) · ca genocida (causative of or relating to a genocide) · pt genocida (causative of or relating to a genocide) · sh gȅnocīdan (causative of or relating to a genocide) · nrf génocidaithe (causative of or relating to a genocide) · uk геноци́дний (causative of or relating to a genocide) · it genocidiale (causative of or relating to a genocide) · fi kansanmurhaan syyllistynyt (causative of or relating to a genocide)