regicide

See also: régicide

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”) and Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”), both from rēx (“king”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕj'ə-sīd, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛd͡ʒəsaɪd/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

regicide (plural regicides)

1. The killing of a king.
2. One who kills a king. [from 1540s]

   Synonym: kingslayer

   • 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1]:

     The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.

Hyponyms

• tyrannicide

Coordinate terms

• reginicide

Derived terms

• regicidal

Related terms

• -cide

Translations

the killing of a king

• Bulgarian: цареубийство (bg) n (careubijstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弑君 (zh) (shìjūn)

• Czech: královražda f
• Dutch: vorstenmoord m, koningsmoord (nl) m, regicide (nl) m
• Finnish: kuninkaanmurha
• French: régicide (fr)
• German: Königsmord (de) m
• Greek: βασιλοκτονία (el) f (vasiloktonía)
• Hungarian: királygyilkosság (hu)
• Italian: regicidio (it) m
• Japanese: 王殺し (ōkoroshi), 弑逆 (shīgyaku)
• Macedonian: кралоубиство n (kraloubistvo)
• Polish: królobójstwo n
• Portuguese: regicídio (pt) m
• Romanian: regicid (ro) n
• Russian: цареуби́йство (ru) n (careubíjstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: регѝцӣд m

  Roman: regìcīd (sh) m, kraljoubistvo m, careubistvo m

• Spanish: regicidio m
• Swedish: kungamord n
• Urdu: بادشاہ کا قتل

one who kills a king

• Albanian: mbretvrasës (sq) m
• Armenian: արքայասպան (hy) (arkʻayaspan)
• Bulgarian: цареубиец m (careubiec)
• Catalan: regicidi m
• Czech: královrah (cs) m
• Danish: kongemorder c
• Dutch: vorstenmoordenaar m, koningsmoordenaar (nl) m
• Esperanto: reĝmortiginto, reĝmurdinto
• Finnish: kuninkaansurmaaja
• French: régicide (fr)
• German: Königsmörder m
• Greek: βασιλοκτόνος (el) m or f (vasiloktónos)
• Hungarian: királygyilkos (hu)
• Irish: rímharfóir m
• Italian: regicida (it) m
• Macedonian: кралоу́биец m (kraloúbiec)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} فارسی (fa), ^{(please verify)} قاتل پادشاه
• Polish: królobójca (pl) m
• Portuguese: regicida (pt) m or f
• Russian: цареуби́йца (ru) m or f (careubíjca)
• Serbo-Croatian: kraljoubica, careubica
• Spanish: regicida m or f
• Swedish: kungamördare c
• Urdu: بادشاہ کا قاتل

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “regicide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃi.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: re‧gi‧cì‧de

Noun

regicide f

1. plural of regicida