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patricide

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈpætɹɪsaɪd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The murder of one's father.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who has murdered their father.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the murder of your father

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: parricide

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who murders their father

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: parricide

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.

Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīda. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.

Across languages

Translations

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: atëvrasje — murder of one's father
  • Asturian: parricidiu — murder of one's father
  • Bulgarian: отцеуби́йство (otceubíjstvo) — murder of one's father
  • Catalan: parricidi — murder of one's father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弒父 /弑父 (shìfù) — murder of one's father
  • Czech: otcovražda — murder of one's father
  • Finnish: isänmurha — murder of one's father
  • French: patricide — murder of one's father
  • Galician: parricidio — murder of one's father
  • German: Vatermord — murder of one's father
  • German: Patrizid — murder of one's father
  • Greek: πατροκτονία (patroktonía) — murder of one's father
  • Ancient Greek: πατροκτονία (patroktonía) — murder of one's father
  • Hindi: पितृहत्या (pitŕhatyā) — murder of one's father
  • Hindi: पितृघात (pitŕghāt) — murder of one's father
  • Hungarian: apagyilkosság — murder of one's father
  • Italian: parricidio — murder of one's father
  • Italian: patricidio — murder of one's father
  • Kazakh: әке өлтірушілік (äke öltıruşılık) — murder of one's father
  • Latin: patricīdium — murder of one's father
  • Polish: ojcobójstwo — murder of one's father
  • Portuguese: parricídio — murder of one's father
  • Portuguese: patricídio — murder of one's father
  • Russian: отцеуби́йство (otceubíjstvo) — murder of one's father
  • Serbo-Croatian: oceubistvo — murder of one's father
  • Slovak: otcovražda — murder of one's father
  • Slovene: očetomor — murder of one's father
  • Spanish: parricidio — murder of one's father
  • Spanish: patricidio — murder of one's father
  • Swedish: fadersmord — murder of one's father
  • Tagalog: parisidyo — murder of one's father
  • Tagalog: patrisidyo — murder of one's father
  • Ukrainian: батьковби́вство (batʹkovbývstvo) — murder of one's father
  • Armenian: հայրասպան (hayraspan) — murderer of own father
  • Bulgarian: отцеуби́ец (otceubíec) — murderer of own father
  • Catalan: parricida — murderer of own father
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弒父者 /弑父者 (shìfùzhě) — murderer of own father
  • Czech: otcovrah — murderer of own father
  • Finnish: isänmurhaaja — murderer of own father
  • French: patricide — murderer of own father
  • German: Vatermörder — murderer of own father
  • German: Vatermörderin — murderer of own father
  • Greek: πατροκτόνος (patroktónos) — murderer of own father
  • Ancient Greek: πατραλοίας (patraloías) — murderer of own father
  • Hindi: पितृघाती (pitŕghātī) — murderer of own father
  • Hungarian: apagyilkos — murderer of own father
  • Italian: parricida — murderer of own father
  • Italian: patricida — murderer of own father
  • Latin: pātricīda — murderer of own father
  • Polish: ojcobójca — murderer of own father
  • Polish: ojcobójczyni — murderer of own father
  • Portuguese: parricida — murderer of own father
  • Portuguese: patricida — murderer of own father
  • Russian: отцеуби́йца (otceubíjca) — murderer of own father
  • Serbo-Croatian: oceubica — murderer of own father
  • Slovak: otcovrah — murderer of own father
  • Slovene: očetomorilec — murderer of own father
  • Slovene: očetomorilka — murderer of own father
  • Spanish: parricida — murderer of own father
  • Spanish: patricida — murderer of own father
  • Swedish: fadermördare — murderer of own father
  • Ukrainian: батьковби́вця (batʹkovbývcja) — murderer of own father