suicider

English

Etymology

suicide +‎ -er

Noun

suicider (plural suiciders)

1. (nonstandard) One who commits suicide.
2. (medicine, social work) One who is planning to commit suicide.
   • 1995, Gavin Fairbairn, Contemplating suicide: the language and ethics of self-harm, page 172:

     Most often discussion would take place during the planning stages or while the suicider is making his preparations, that is, before suicidal steps have actually been taken. […] A suicide intervener in real life (if he had the nerve) could have a similarly calm discussion with a suicider who had taken an overdose […]

Anagrams

• ursicide

French

Etymology

From suicide +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɥi.si.de/

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Verb

suicider

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commit suicide, to kill oneself, suicide

Conjugation

Conjugation of se suicider (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se suicider
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se suicidant /sə sɥi.si.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		suicidé /sɥi.si.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me suicide /mə sɥi.sid/	te suicides /tə sɥi.sid/	se suicide /sə sɥi.sid/	nous suicidons /nu sɥi.si.dɔ̃/	vous suicidez /vu sɥi.si.de/	se suicident /sə sɥi.sid/
	imperfect	me suicidais /mə sɥi.si.dɛ/	te suicidais /tə sɥi.si.dɛ/	se suicidait /sə sɥi.si.dɛ/	nous suicidions /nu sɥi.si.djɔ̃/	vous suicidiez /vu sɥi.si.dje/	se suicidaient /sə sɥi.si.dɛ/
	past historic2	me suicidai /mə sɥi.si.de/	te suicidas /tə sɥi.si.da/	se suicida /sə sɥi.si.da/	nous suicidâmes /nu sɥi.si.dam/	vous suicidâtes /vu sɥi.si.dat/	se suicidèrent /sə sɥi.si.dɛʁ/
	future	me suiciderai /mə sɥi.si.dʁe/	te suicideras /tə sɥi.si.dʁa/	se suicidera /sə sɥi.si.dʁa/	nous suiciderons /nu sɥi.si.dʁɔ̃/	vous suiciderez /vu sɥi.si.dʁe/	se suicideront /sə sɥi.si.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me suiciderais /mə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/	te suiciderais /tə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/	se suiciderait /sə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/	nous suiciderions /nu sɥi.si.də.ʁjɔ̃/	vous suicideriez /vu sɥi.si.də.ʁje/	se suicideraient /sə sɥi.si.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me suicide /mə sɥi.sid/	te suicides /tə sɥi.sid/	se suicide /sə sɥi.sid/	nous suicidions /nu sɥi.si.djɔ̃/	vous suicidiez /vu sɥi.si.dje/	se suicident /sə sɥi.sid/
	imperfect2	me suicidasse /mə sɥi.si.das/	te suicidasses /tə sɥi.si.das/	se suicidât /sə sɥi.si.da/	nous suicidassions /nu sɥi.si.da.sjɔ̃/	vous suicidassiez /vu sɥi.si.da.sje/	se suicidassent /sə sɥi.si.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	suicide-toi /sɥi.sid.twa/	—	suicidons-nous /sɥi.si.dɔ̃.nu/	suicidez-vous /sɥi.si.de.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• suicidaire

Further reading

• “suicider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare French se suicider

Verb

suicider

1. (Jersey, reflexive, sé suicider) to commit suicide, take one's own life

Synonyms

• s'mêfaithe