matricide

English

Etymology

From French matricide, from Latin mātricīda (“person who kills his own mother”) and mātricīdium (“the murder of one's mother”). Surface etymology is matri- +‎ -cide.

Noun

matricide (countable and uncountable, plural matricides)

The killing of one's mother.
Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
A person who kills his or her mother.
Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.

Translations

killing of one's mother

Czech: matkovražda f
Finnish: äidinmurha
French: matricide (fr) m
German: Muttermord (de) m
Greek: μητροκτονία (el) f (mitroktonía)

Latin: mātricīdium n
Romanian: matricid (ro) n
Russian: матереуби́йство (ru) n (matereubíjstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: materoubistvo, majkoubistvo
Swedish: modermord, modermord

person who kills their mother

Czech: matkovrah (cs) m
French: matricide (fr) m or f
German: Muttermörder m, Muttermörderin f
Greek: μητροκτόνος (el) m or f (mitroktónos)

Latin: mātricīda f
Russian: матереуби́йца (ru) m or f (matereubíjca)
Serbo-Croatian: materoubica, majkoubica
Swedish: modermördare

See also

Anagrams

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