regicide

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Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: цареубийство (careubijstvo) — the killing of a king
• Catalan: regicidi — the killing of a king
• Chinese Mandarin: 弒君 /弑君 (shìjūn) — the killing of a king
• Czech: královražda — the killing of a king
• Danish: kongemord — the killing of a king
• Dutch: vorstenmoord — the killing of a king
• Dutch: koningsmoord — the killing of a king
• Dutch: regicide — the killing of a king
• Finnish: kuninkaanmurha — the killing of a king
• French: régicide — the killing of a king
• German: Königsmord — the killing of a king
• German: Fürstenmord — the killing of a king
• Greek: βασιλοκτονία (vasiloktonía) — the killing of a king
• Hungarian: királygyilkosság — the killing of a king
• Italian: regicidio — the killing of a king
• Japanese: 王殺し (ōkoroshi) — the killing of a king
• Japanese: 弑逆 (shīgyaku) — the killing of a king
• Korean: 시역 (siyeok) — the killing of a king
• Macedonian: кралоубиство (kraloubistvo) — the killing of a king
• Polish: królobójstwo — the killing of a king
• Portuguese: regicídio — the killing of a king
• Romanian: regicid — the killing of a king
• Russian: цареуби́йство (careubíjstvo) — the killing of a king
• Serbo-Croatian: регѝцӣд — the killing of a king
• Serbo-Croatian: regìcīd — the killing of a king
• Serbo-Croatian: kraljoubistvo — the killing of a king
• Serbo-Croatian: careubistvo — the killing of a king
• Slovak: kráľovražda — the killing of a king
• Spanish: regicidio — the killing of a king
• Swedish: kungamord — the killing of a king
• Urdu: بادشاہ کا قتل — the killing of a king
• Albanian: mbretvrasës — one who kills a king
• Armenian: արքայասպան (arkʻayaspan) — one who kills a king
• Bulgarian: цареубиец (careubiec) — one who kills a king
• Catalan: regicida — one who kills a king
• Chinese Mandarin: 弒君者 /弑君者 (shìjūnzhě) — one who kills a king
• Czech: královrah — one who kills a king
• Danish: kongemorder — one who kills a king
• Dutch: vorstenmoordenaar — one who kills a king
• Dutch: koningsmoordenaar — one who kills a king
• Esperanto: reĝmortiginto — one who kills a king
• Esperanto: reĝmurdinto — one who kills a king
• Finnish: kuninkaansurmaaja — one who kills a king
• French: régicide — one who kills a king
• German: Königsmörder — one who kills a king
• German: Fürstenmörder — one who kills a king
• Greek: βασιλοκτόνος (vasiloktónos) — one who kills a king
• Hungarian: királygyilkos — one who kills a king
• Irish: rímharfóir — one who kills a king
• Italian: regicida — one who kills a king
• Macedonian: кралоу́биец (kraloúbiec) — one who kills a king
• Polish: królobójca — one who kills a king
• Polish: królobójczyni — one who kills a king
• Portuguese: regicida — one who kills a king
• Russian: цареуби́йца (careubíjca) — one who kills a king
• Serbo-Croatian: kraljoubica — one who kills a king
• Serbo-Croatian: careubica — one who kills a king
• Slovak: kráľovrah — one who kills a king
• Spanish: regicida — one who kills a king
• Swedish: kungamördare — one who kills a king
• Urdu: بادشاہ کا قاتل — one who kills a king