patricide
US/ˈpætɹɪsaɪd/
patricide noun: the murder of one's father.
Noun (1)
patricide (countable and uncountable, plural patricides)
Noun (2)
patricide (plural patricides)
- One who has murdered their father.
- Synonyms:
- father-slayer
patricide meaning in Hindi, Kannada and Tagalog
patricide in Hindi
- murder of one's father
- पितृहत्या pitŕhatyā, पितृघात pitŕghāt
- murderer of own father
- पितृघाती pitŕghātī
patricide in Kannada
- ಪಿತೃಹತ್ಯೆ, ಪಿತೃಹಂತಕ, ಪಿತೃಘಾತುಕ, ದೇಶದ್ರೋಹಿ, ತಂದೆಕೊಲೆ, ತಂದೆಕೊಲೆಗ
patricide in Tagalog
- murder of one's father
- parisidyo, patrisidyo
Synonyms of patricide
Forms of patricide
| plural | patricides |
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Origin of patricide
Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.
Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīda. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.
Words formed from patricide
Questions about patricide
- What does patricide mean?
- Patricide means the murder of one's father.
- What is patricide in Hindi?
- Patricide in Hindi is पितृहत्या (pitŕhatyā), पितृघात (pitŕghāt), पितृघाती (pitŕghātī). See Patricide meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is patricide?
- Patricide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce patricide?
- Patricide is pronounced /ˈpætɹɪsaɪd/ (US).
- What is the plural of patricide?
- The plural of patricide is patricides.
Words near patricide in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: patricide (page history and authors); patricide (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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