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sororicide en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Latin sorōricīdium (“killing of one’s sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīdium (“killing”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killing”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The killing of one's sister.
   • 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:

Forms

Coordinates

fratricide (killing of brother)

Deriveds

sororicidal

Translations (10)

ru сестроуби́йство (killing of one’s sister) · pt sororicídio (killing of one’s sister) · la sorōricīdium (killing of one’s sister) · nl zustermoord (killing of one’s sister) · pl siostrobójstwo (killing of one’s sister) · el αδελφοκτονία (killing of one’s sister) · io fratinocido (killing of one’s sister) · kmr xwişkkujî (killing of one’s sister) · de Schwestermord (killing of one’s sister) · fr sororicide (killing of one’s sister)

sororicide en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Latin sorōricīda (“one who kills his sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīda (“killer”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killer”).

Meanings

1. A person who kills his or her sister.

Forms

Coordinates

fratricide (brother killer)

Translations (6)

pl siostrobójczyni (sister killer) · la sorōricīda (sister killer) · el αδελφοκτόνος (sister killer) · pl siostrobójca (sister killer) · nl zustermoordenaar (sister killer) · fr sororicide (sister killer)