sororicide
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin sorōricīdium (“killing of one’s sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīdium (“killing”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killing”).
Noun
editsororicide (countable and uncountable, plural sororicides)
- The killing of one's sister.
- 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:
- 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).
Coordinate terms
edit- (killing of brother): fratricide
Derived terms
editTranslations
editkilling of one’s sister
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Etymology 2
editFrom Latin sorōricīda (“one who kills his sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīda (“killer”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) + -cide (“killer”).
Noun
editsororicide (plural sororicides)
Coordinate terms
edit- (brother killer): fratricide
Translations
editsister killer
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Translations
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French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Late Latin sorōricīdium.
Noun
editsororicide m (plural sororicides)
- sororicide (crime of killing one's sister)
Etymology 2
editLearned borrowing from Latin sorōricīda.
Noun
editsororicide m (plural sororicides)
- sororicide (person who commits this crime)
Adjective
editsororicide (plural sororicides)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “sororicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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