feminicidium

Latin

Etymology

From fēmina (“a female”) +‎ -cīdium (“a killing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /feː.mi.niˈkiː.di.um/, [feːmɪnɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fe.mi.niˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [feminiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]

Noun

fēminicīdium n (genitive fēminicīdiī or fēminicīdī); second declension

1. (New Latin) femicide, feminicide, womanslaughter

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fēminicīdium	fēminicīdia
Genitive	fēminicīdiī fēminicīdī1	fēminicīdiōrum
Dative	fēminicīdiō	fēminicīdiīs
Accusative	fēminicīdium	fēminicīdia
Ablative	fēminicīdiō	fēminicīdiīs
Vocative	fēminicīdium	fēminicīdia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• → English: feminicide
• → French: féminicide
• → Galician: feminicidio
• → German: Feminizid
• → Dutch: feminicide
• → Portuguese: feminicídio
• → Russian: феминицид (feminicid)
• → Spanish: feminicidio