noun
Meaning 1
The murder of an infant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
infanticide
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 4
The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 5
The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
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noun
Meaning 6
murdering an infant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: murder, slaying, execution
noun
Meaning 7
a person who murders an infant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: murderer, liquidator, manslayer
History
Etymology
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīda. By surface analysis, infant + -i- + -cide.
Across languages
Translations
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մանկասպանություն (mankaspanutʻyun) — murder of an infant
- Old Armenian: մանկասպանութիւն (mankaspanutʻiwn) — murder of an infant
- Belarusian: дзетазабо́йства (dzjetazabójstva) — murder of an infant
- Belarusian: інфантыцы́д (infantycýd) — murder of an infant
- Bulgarian: детеуби́йство (deteubíjstvo) — murder of an infant
- Catalan: infanticidi — murder of an infant
- Chinese Mandarin: 殺嬰 /杀婴 (shāyīng) — murder of an infant
- Czech: infanticida — murder of an infant
- Dutch: kindermoord — murder of an infant
- Dutch: kinderdoding — murder of an infant
- Dutch: infanticide — murder of an infant
- Finnish: lapsenmurha — murder of an infant
- French: infanticide — murder of an infant
- Galician: infanticidio — murder of an infant
- German: Infantizid — murder of an infant
- German: Kindesmord — murder of an infant
- German: Kindsmord — murder of an infant
- German: Kindermord — murder of an infant
- German: Kindestötung — murder of an infant
- Greek: βρεφοκτονία (vrefoktonía) — murder of an infant
- Hindi: शिशु वध (śiśu vadh) — murder of an infant
- Hindi: शिशु हत्या (śiśu hatyā) — murder of an infant
- Hungarian: csecsemőgyilkosság — murder of an infant
- Icelandic: barnsmorð — murder of an infant
- Ido: infantocido — murder of an infant
- Italian: infanticidio — murder of an infant
- Japanese: 子殺し (kogoroshi) — murder of an infant
- Korean: 영아 살해 (yeong'a salhae) — murder of an infant
- Latin: īnfanticīdium — murder of an infant
- Macedonian: чедоубиство (čedoubistvo) — murder of an infant
- Macedonian: чедоморство (čedomorstvo) — murder of an infant
- Persian: قاتل بچه جدیدالولاده — murder of an infant
- Polish: dzieciobójstwo — murder of an infant
- Portuguese: infanticídio — murder of an infant
- Russian: детоуби́йство (detoubíjstvo) — murder of an infant
- Russian: инфантици́д (infanticíd) — murder of an infant
- Serbo-Croatian: инфантѝцӣд — murder of an infant
- Serbo-Croatian: чедомо́рство — murder of an infant
- Serbo-Croatian: infantìcīd — murder of an infant
- Serbo-Croatian: čedomórstvo — murder of an infant
- Slovak: infanticída — murder of an infant
- Slovene: detomor — murder of an infant
- Spanish: infanticidio — murder of an infant
- Swedish: barnamord — murder of an infant
- Telugu: శిశుహత్య (śiśuhatya) — murder of an infant
- Ukrainian: дітовби́вство (ditovbývstvo) — murder of an infant
- Ukrainian: інфантици́д (infantycýd) — murder of an infant
- Urdu: بچہ کشی (bacca kuśī) — murder of an infant
- Volapük: cililisasen (cf. cilil) — murder of an infant
- Armenian: որդեսպանություն (ordespanutʻyun) — murder of one's child
- Old Armenian: որդեսպանութիւն (ordespanutʻiwn) — murder of one's child
- Chinese Mandarin: 殺嬰 /杀婴 (shāyīng) — murder of one's child
- Dutch: kindermoord — murder of one's child
- Dutch: kinderdoding — murder of one's child
- Dutch: infanticide — murder of one's child
- Esperanto: infanmurdo — murder of one's child
- Finnish: lapsenmurha — murder of one's child
- French: infanticide — murder of one's child
- German: Filizid — murder of one's child
- German: Infantizid — murder of one's child
- German: Kindesmord — murder of one's child
- German: Kindsmord — murder of one's child
- German: Kindermord — murder of one's child
- German: Kindestötung — murder of one's child
- Greek: παιδοκτονία (paidoktonía) — murder of one's child
- Greek: τεκνοκτονία (teknoktonía) — murder of one's child
- Hindi: शिशु वध (śiśu vadh) — murder of one's child
- Hindi: शिशु हत्या (śiśu hatyā) — murder of one's child
- Hungarian: gyermekgyilkosság — murder of one's child
- Icelandic: barnsmorð — murder of one's child
- Japanese: 子殺し (kogoroshi) — murder of one's child
- Korean: 유아 살해 (yua salhae) — murder of one's child
- Macedonian: чедоубиство (čedoubistvo) — murder of one's child
- Portuguese: filicídio — murder of one's child
- Portuguese: gnaticídio — murder of one's child
- Russian: детоуби́йство (detoubíjstvo) — murder of one's child
- Serbo-Croatian: čedoùbōjstvo — murder of one's child
- Serbo-Croatian: čedomórstvo — murder of one's child
- Serbo-Croatian: čedoubistvo — murder of one's child
- Slovene: detomor — murder of one's child
- Spanish: filicidio — murder of one's child
- Swedish: barnamord — murder of one's child
- Urdu: بچہ کشی (bacca kuśī) — murder of one's child
- Volapük: lönacilisenan — murder of one's child
- Chinese Mandarin: 同類相食 /同类相食 (tónglèixiāngshí) — killing of a young, immature animal
- Finnish: pennun surmaaminen — killing of a young, immature animal
- German: Infantizid — killing of a young, immature animal
- Armenian: մանկասպան (mankaspan) — person who has killed a child
- Armenian: որդեսպան (ordespan) — person who has killed a child
- Armenian: տղայասպան (tġayaspan) — person who has killed a child
- Old Armenian: մանկասպան (mankaspan) — person who has killed a child
- Old Armenian: որդեսպան (ordespan) — person who has killed a child
- Old Armenian: տղայասպան (tłayaspan) — person who has killed a child
- Catalan: infanticida — person who has killed a child
- Chinese Mandarin: 殺嬰者 /杀婴者 (shāyīng zhě) — person who has killed a child
- Dutch: kindermoordenaar — person who has killed a child
- Dutch: kindermoordenares — person who has killed a child
- Estonian: lapsetapja — person who has killed a child
- Finnish: lapsenmurhaaja — person who has killed a child
- French: infanticide — person who has killed a child
- Galician: infanticida — person who has killed a child
- German: Kindesmörder — person who has killed a child
- German: Kindesmörderin — person who has killed a child
- German: Kindsmörder — person who has killed a child
- German: Kindsmörderin — person who has killed a child
- German: Kindermörder — person who has killed a child
- German: Kindermörderin — person who has killed a child
- Hungarian: gyermekgyilkos — person who has killed a child
- Hungarian: csecsemőgyilkos — person who has killed a child
- Icelandic: barnsmorðingi — person who has killed a child
- Macedonian: чедоубиец (čedoubiec) — person who has killed a child
- Polish: dzieciobójca — person who has killed a child
- Polish: dzieciobójczyni — person who has killed a child
- Portuguese: infanticida — person who has killed a child
- Russian: детоуби́йца (detoubíjca) — person who has killed a child
- Spanish: infanticida — person who has killed a child
- Swedish: barnamördare — person who has killed a child
- Swedish: barnamörderska — person who has killed a child
- Volapük: cilisasenan — person who has killed a child
- Volapük: cilihisasenan — person who has killed a child
- Volapük: cilijisasenan — person who has killed a child
- Volapük: lönacilisasenan — person who has killed a child
- Volapük: lönacilihisasenan — person who has killed a child
- Volapük: lönacilijisasenan — person who has killed a child
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