matricide

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

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: matricidi — killing of one's mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 弒母 /弑母 (shìmǔ) — killing of one's mother
• Czech: matkovražda — killing of one's mother
• Finnish: äidinmurha — killing of one's mother
• French: matricide — killing of one's mother
• German: Muttermord — killing of one's mother
• German: Matrizid — killing of one's mother
• Greek: μητροκτονία (mitroktonía) — killing of one's mother
• Hindi: मातृहत्या (mātŕhatyā) — killing of one's mother
• Hindi: मातृघात (mātŕghāt) — killing of one's mother
• Indonesian: matrisida — killing of one's mother
• Interlingua: matricidio — killing of one's mother
• Italian: matricidio — killing of one's mother
• Latin: mātricīdium — killing of one's mother
• Polish: matkobójstwo — killing of one's mother
• Portuguese: matricídio — killing of one's mother
• Romanian: matricid — killing of one's mother
• Russian: матереуби́йство (matereubíjstvo) — killing of one's mother
• Serbo-Croatian: materoubistvo — killing of one's mother
• Serbo-Croatian: majkoubistvo — killing of one's mother
• Slovak: matkovražda — killing of one's mother
• Spanish: matricidio — killing of one's mother
• Swedish: modermord — killing of one's mother
• Tagalog: matrisidyo — killing of one's mother
• Ukrainian: матеревби́вство (materevbývstvo) — killing of one's mother
• Armenian: մայրասպան (mayraspan) — person who kills their mother
• Catalan: matricida — person who kills their mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 弒母者 /弑母者 (shìmǔzhě) — person who kills their mother
• Czech: matkovrah — person who kills their mother
• French: matricide — person who kills their mother
• German: Muttermörder — person who kills their mother
• German: Muttermörderin — person who kills their mother
• Greek: μητροκτόνος (mitroktónos) — person who kills their mother
• Irish: marfóir máthar — person who kills their mother
• Italian: matricida — person who kills their mother
• Latin: mātricīda — person who kills their mother
• Polish: matkobójca — person who kills their mother
• Polish: matkobójczyni — person who kills their mother
• Portuguese: matricida — person who kills their mother
• Russian: матереуби́йца (matereubíjca) — person who kills their mother
• Serbo-Croatian: materoubica — person who kills their mother
• Serbo-Croatian: majkoubica — person who kills their mother
• Slovak: matkovrah — person who kills their mother
• Spanish: matricida — person who kills their mother
• Swedish: modermördare — person who kills their mother
• Tagalog: matrisida — person who kills their mother