Meanings
patricide1
patricide2
nounpatricide (plural patricides)
plural patricides
- One who has murdered their father.
Synonyms: father-slayer
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who has murdered their father.
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Origin
patricide · noun
- Latinpatricīdium
- Middle Frenchpatricide
- Englishpatricide
Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.
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Full word history & related roots →patricide · noun
- Latinpatricīda
- Middle Frenchpatricide
- Englishpatricide
Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīda. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πατροκτονία, πατραλοίας
- πατροκτονία (patroktonía)murder of one's father
- πατραλοίας (patraloías)murderer of own father
Bulgarian отцеуби́йство, отцеуби́ец
- отцеуби́йство (otceubíjstvo)murder of one's father
- отцеуби́ец (otceubíec)murderer of own father
Catalan parricidi, parricida
- parricidimurder of one's father
- parricidamurderer of own father
Chinese Mandarin 弒父 /弑父, 弒父者 /弑父者
- 弒父 /弑父 (shìfù)murder of one's father
- 弒父者 /弑父者 (shìfùzhě)murderer of own father
Czech otcovražda, otcovrah
- otcovraždamurder of one's father
- otcovrahmurderer of own father
Finnish isänmurha, isänmurhaaja
- isänmurhamurder of one's father
- isänmurhaajamurderer of own father
French patricide, patricide
- patricidemurder of one's father
- patricidemurderer of own father
German Vatermord, Patrizid
- Vatermordmurder of one's father
- Patrizidmurder of one's father
- Vatermördermurderer of own father
- Vatermörderinmurderer of own father
Greek πατροκτονία, πατροκτόνος
- πατροκτονία (patroktonía)murder of one's father
- πατροκτόνος (patroktónos)murderer of own father
Hindi पितृहत्या, पितृघात
- पितृहत्या (pitŕhatyā)murder of one's father
- पितृघात (pitŕghāt)murder of one's father
- पितृघाती (pitŕghātī)murderer of own father
Hungarian apagyilkosság, apagyilkos
- apagyilkosságmurder of one's father
- apagyilkosmurderer of own father
Italian parricidio, patricidio
- parricidiomurder of one's father
- patricidiomurder of one's father
- parricidamurderer of own father
- patricidamurderer of own father
Latin patricīdium, pātricīda
- patricīdiummurder of one's father
- pātricīdamurderer of own father
Polish ojcobójstwo, ojcobójca
- ojcobójstwomurder of one's father
- ojcobójcamurderer of own father
- ojcobójczynimurderer of own father
Portuguese parricídio, patricídio
- parricídiomurder of one's father
- patricídiomurder of one's father
- parricidamurderer of own father
- patricidamurderer of own father
Russian отцеуби́йство, отцеуби́йца
- отцеуби́йство (otceubíjstvo)murder of one's father
- отцеуби́йца (otceubíjca)murderer of own father
Slovak otcovražda, otcovrah
- otcovraždamurder of one's father
- otcovrahmurderer of own father
Spanish parricidio, patricidio
- parricidiomurder of one's father
- patricidiomurder of one's father
- parricidamurderer of own father
- patricidamurderer of own father
Swedish fadersmord, fadermördare
- fadersmordmurder of one's father
- fadermördaremurderer of own father
Tagalog parisidyo, patrisidyo
- parisidyomurder of one's father
- patrisidyomurder of one's father
Ukrainian батьковби́вство, батьковби́вця
- батьковби́вство (batʹkovbývstvo)murder of one's father
- батьковби́вця (batʹkovbývcja)murderer of own father
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APA
patricide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patricide
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“patricide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patricide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patricide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patricide.
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