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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈsɪəɹɪəl ˌkɪlə/
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[ˈsɪə̯ɹɪə̯ɫ ˌkhɪlə]
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General-American:
/ˈsɪəɹiəl ˌkɪlɚ/
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[ˈsɪ(ə̯)ɹiə̯ɫ ˌkhɪɫɚ]
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[ˈsiɹiə̯ɫ ˌkhiə̯ɫɚ]
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/ˈseːɹial ˌkɪla/
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An individual who murders three or more people, with the killings taking place over a period of more than one month in three or more separate events.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: criminology, human-sciences, law, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: serial murderer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: murderer, liquidator, manslayer
Narrower terms: spree killer
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations 96 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
reeksmoordenaar
— person who commits multiple murders
Albanian :
vrasësi serik
— person who commits multiple murders
Arabic :
قَاتِل مُتَسَلْسِل
(qātil mutasalsil)
— person who commits multiple murders
Arabic :
قَاتِلَة مُتَسَلْسِلَة
(qātila mutasalsila)
— person who commits multiple murders
Armenian :
սերիական մարդասպան
(seriakan mardaspan)
— person who commits multiple murders
Asturian :
asesín en serie
— person who commits multiple murders
Asturian :
asesín serial
— person who commits multiple murders
Azerbaijani :
seriyalı qatil
— person who commits multiple murders
Basque :
serieko hiltzaile
— person who commits multiple murders
Belarusian :
серы́йны забо́йца
(sjerýjny zabójca)
— person who commits multiple murders
Belarusian :
серы́йная забо́йца
(sjerýjnaja zabójca)
— person who commits multiple murders
Belarusian :
сэры́йны забо́йца
(serýjny zabójca)
— person who commits multiple murders
Belarusian :
сэры́йная забо́йца
(serýjnaja zabójca)
— person who commits multiple murders
Bulgarian :
сери́ен уби́ец
(seríen ubíec)
— person who commits multiple murders
Bulgarian :
сери́йна уби́йца
(seríjna ubíjca)
— person who commits multiple murders
Catalan :
assassí en sèrie
— person who commits multiple murders
Chinese Cantonese :
連環殺手 /连环杀手
(lin4 waan4 saat3 sau2)
— person who commits multiple murders
Chinese Mandarin :
連環殺手 /连环杀手
(liánhuán shāshǒu)
— person who commits multiple murders
Czech :
sériový vrah
— person who commits multiple murders
Czech :
sériová vražedkyně
— person who commits multiple murders
Danish :
seriemorder
— person who commits multiple murders
Dutch :
seriemoordenaar
— person who commits multiple murders
Dutch :
seriemoordenaarster
— person who commits multiple murders
Esperanto :
seria murdisto
— person who commits multiple murders
Estonian :
sarimõrvar
— person who commits multiple murders
Finnish :
sarjamurhaaja
— person who commits multiple murders
French :
tueur en série
— person who commits multiple murders
French :
tueuse en série
— person who commits multiple murders
West-Frisian :
searjemoardner
— person who commits multiple murders
Galician :
asasino en serie
— person who commits multiple murders
Galician :
asasina en serie
— person who commits multiple murders
Georgian :
სერიული მკვლელი
(seriuli mḳvleli)
— person who commits multiple murders
German :
Serienmörder
— person who commits multiple murders
German :
Serienmörderin
— person who commits multiple murders
German :
Serienkiller
— person who commits multiple murders
German :
Serienkillerin
— person who commits multiple murders
Greek :
σίριαλ κίλερ
(sírial kíler)
— person who commits multiple murders
Hebrew :
רוֹצֵחַ סִדְרָתִי
(rotséakh sidratí)
— person who commits multiple murders
Hindi :
सिलसिलेवार क़ातिल
(silsilevār qātil)
— person who commits multiple murders
Hindi :
सिलसिलेवार हत्यारा
(silsilevār hatyārā)
— person who commits multiple murders
Hungarian :
sorozatgyilkos
— person who commits multiple murders
Icelandic :
raðmorðingi
— person who commits multiple murders
Indonesian :
pembunuh berantai
— person who commits multiple murders
Inupiaq :
iñuaqtuqti
— person who commits multiple murders
Italian :
assassino seriale
— person who commits multiple murders
Italian :
assassina seriale
— person who commits multiple murders
Italian :
serial killer
— person who commits multiple murders
Italian :
omicida seriale
— person who commits multiple murders
Italian :
pluriomicida
— person who commits multiple murders
Italian :
pluriassassino
— person who commits multiple murders
Japanese :
シリアルキラー
(shiriaru kirā)
— person who commits multiple murders
Japanese :
連続殺人犯
(renzoku satsujinhan)
— person who commits multiple murders
Kazakh :
сериялық өлтіруші
(seriälyq öltıruşı)
— person who commits multiple murders
Korean :
연쇄살인범
(yeonswaesarinbeom)
— person who commits multiple murders
Korean :
련쇄살인범
(ryeonswaesarinbeom)
— person who commits multiple murders
Kyrgyz :
сериялык өлтүргүч
(seriyalık öltürgüc)
— person who commits multiple murders
Latvian :
sērijveida slepkava
— person who commits multiple murders
Lithuanian :
serijinis žudikas
— person who commits multiple murders
Luxembourgish :
Seriemäerder
— person who commits multiple murders
Macedonian :
сериски убиец
(seriski ubiec)
— person who commits multiple murders
Malay :
pembunuh bersiri
— person who commits multiple murders
Mongolian :
цуврал алуурчин
(cuvral aluurčin)
— person who commits multiple murders
Norwegian Bokmål :
seriemorder
— person who commits multiple murders
Iranian Persian :
قاتِلِ زَنْجیرِهای
(ġâtel-e zanjire-i)
— person who commits multiple murders
Polish :
seryjny morderca
— person who commits multiple murders
Polish :
seryjna morderczyni
— person who commits multiple murders
Portuguese :
assassino em série
— person who commits multiple murders
Portuguese :
assassina em série
— person who commits multiple murders
Portuguese :
serial killer
— person who commits multiple murders
Romanian :
asasin în serie
— person who commits multiple murders
Romanian :
ucigaș în serie
— person who commits multiple murders
Russian :
сери́йный уби́йца
(seríjnyj ubíjca)
— person who commits multiple murders
Russian :
сери́йная уби́йца
(seríjnaja ubíjca)
— person who commits multiple murders
Serbo-Croatian :
серијски убица
— person who commits multiple murders
Serbo-Croatian :
серијски убојица
— person who commits multiple murders
Serbo-Croatian :
серијска убојица
— person who commits multiple murders
Serbo-Croatian :
serijski ubica
— person who commits multiple murders
Serbo-Croatian :
serijski ubojica
— person who commits multiple murders
Serbo-Croatian :
serijska ubojica
— person who commits multiple murders
Slovak :
sériový vrah
— person who commits multiple murders
Slovak :
sériová vrahyňa
— person who commits multiple murders
Slovene :
serijski morilec
— person who commits multiple murders
Slovene :
serijska morilka
— person who commits multiple murders
Spanish :
asesino en serie
— person who commits multiple murders
Spanish :
asesina en serie
— person who commits multiple murders
Spanish :
asesino serial
— person who commits multiple murders
Swedish :
seriemördare
— person who commits multiple murders
Tajik :
қотили силсилавӣ
(qotil-i silsilavi)
— person who commits multiple murders
Thai :
ฆาตกรต่อเนื่อง
(kâat-dtà-gɔɔn-dtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉang)
— person who commits multiple murders
Turkish :
seri katil
— person who commits multiple murders
Ukrainian :
сері́йний уби́вця
(seríjnyj ubývcja)
— person who commits multiple murders
Ukrainian :
сері́йна вби́вця
(seríjna vbývcja)
— person who commits multiple murders
Urdu :
سِلْسِلَہ وار قاتِل
(silsila vār qātil)
— person who commits multiple murders
Uzbek :
serial qotil
— person who commits multiple murders
Vietnamese :
sát nhân hàng loạt
— person who commits multiple murders
Welsh :
llofrudd cyfresol
— person who commits multiple murders
