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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARRICIDE

From Latin parricīdium murder of a parent or relative, and from parricīda one who murders a relative, from parri- (element related to Greek pēos kinsman) + -cīdium, -cīda-cide.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARRICIDE

parricide  [ˈpærɪˌsaɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARRICIDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Parricide is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PARRICIDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

parricide

Parricide

Parricide is defined as: ▪ the act of killing one's father, or less usually mother or other close relative, but usually not children. ▪ the act of killing a person who stands in a relationship resembling that of a father ▪ a person who commits such an act ▪ a related adjective.

Definition of parricide in the English dictionary

The definition of parricide in the dictionary is the act of killing either of one's parents. Other definition of parricide is a person who kills his parent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARRICIDE


acaricide
əˈkærɪˌsaɪd
bactericide
bækˈtɪərɪˌsaɪd
countryside
ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd
fratricide
ˈfrætrɪˌsaɪd
herbicide
ˈhɜːbɪˌsaɪd
homicide
ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd
infanticide
ɪnˈfæntɪˌsaɪd
insecticide
ɪnˈsɛktɪˌsaɪd
matricide
ˈmætrɪˌsaɪd
Merseyside
ˈmɜːzɪˌsaɪd
patricide
ˈpætrɪˌsaɪd
pesticide
ˈpɛstɪˌsaɪd
silicide
ˈsɪlɪˌsaɪd
sororicide
səˈrɒrɪˌsaɪd
Speyside
ˈspeɪˌsaɪd
sporicide
ˈspɔːrɪˌsaɪd
suicide
ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd
uxoricide
ʌkˈsɔːrɪˌsaɪd
viricide
ˈvaɪrɪˌsaɪd
wayside
ˈweɪˌsaɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARRICIDE

parr
parra
parrakeet
parral
parramatta
parrel
parrhesia
parricidal
parried
parrier
parries
parritch
parrock
parroket
parroquet
parrot
parrot cry
parrot disease
parrot fever
parrot phrase

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARRICIDE

algicide
assisted suicide
biopesticide
culpable homicide
decide
deicide
feticide
filicide
foeticide
fungicide
germicide
justifiable homicide
larvicide
liberticide
miticide
negligent homicide
nematicide
raticide
rodenticide
spermicide
tyrannicide

Synonyms and antonyms of parricide in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «parricide» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARRICIDE

Find out the translation of parricide to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of parricide from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «parricide» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

弑父
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parricidio
570 millions of speakers

English

parricide
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

parricide
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قتل الأب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отцеубийство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parricídio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুরুহন্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

parricide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Parricide
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vatermord
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

親殺し
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

존속 살해범
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Parricide
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tội giết cha mẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அத்தகைய கொலை புரிபவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पारगमन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

baba katili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parricidio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ojcobójstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

батьковбивство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paricid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πατροκτονία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vader moord
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

parricide
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

parricide
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of parricide

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARRICIDE»

The term «parricide» is normally little used and occupies the 133.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARRICIDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «parricide» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «parricide» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about parricide

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARRICIDE»

Discover the use of parricide in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to parricide and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Understanding Parricide: When Sons and Daughters Kill Parents
Understanding Parricide is the most comprehensive book available about juvenile and adult sons and daughters who kill their parents.
Kathleen M. Heide, 2013
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Parricide in the United States, 1840-1899
"This book examines 103 selected cases of individuals charged with parricide--the murder of a father or mother--in the United States in the last half of the 19th century, categorized here by their links to abuse, alcohol, or money, ...
Kerry Segrave, 2009
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The Brutus Revival: Parricide and Tyrannicide During the ...
In a discussion of the Renaissance revival of classical culture, Piccolomini considers the period’s mythologizing of Brutus, Caesar’s assassin.
Manfredi Piccolomini, 1991
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Writings on Art and Literature
Dostoevsky. and. Parricide. [177] FOUR facets may be distinguished in the rich personality of Dostoevsky: the creative artist, the neurotic, the moralist and the sinner. How is one to find one's way in this bewildering complexity? The creative  ...
Sigmund Freud, 1997
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Derrida and the Writing of the Body
Much would seem to be at stake then here in 'The Double Session', in the place where Derrida invokes a Platonic parricide of Parmenides, if it is really true, as Voegelin claims, that 'philosophy in the strict sense is the creation of Parmenides  ...
Dr Jones Irwin, 2012
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Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome
19 Debate on the crime of parricide and its punishment is extensive and continuing. See, e.g., J. D. Cloud, 'Parricidium, from the Lex Numiae to the Lex Pompeia de Parricidiis', ZRG 88 (1971) 1-66; M. Radin, 'The Lex Pompeia and the Poena ...
Donald G. Kyle, 1998
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Child Abuse: Short- and long-term effects
SHELLEY POST Through a literature survey and a family systems analysis illustrated by four cases, parricide, seemingly an impulsive, irrational, individual act, is shown to be a logical culmination of factors, notably, severe abuse, the presence ...
Byrgen Finkelman, 1995
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I, Pierre Rivi_re, Having Slaughtered My Mother, My Sister, ...
On June 3,1835, he went inside his small Normandy house with a pruning hook and cut to death his mother, his eighteen-year-old sister, and his seven-year-old brother. Then, in jail, he wrote a memoir to justify the whole gruesome tale.
Michel Foucault, 1975
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The Birds
It is the story of Euelpides and Pisthetaerus, two old Athenians, who are disgusted with the litigiousness, wrangling and sycophancy of their countrymen, and resolve upon quitting Attica.
Aristophanes, 2004
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Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Issues and ...
Baxter, Duggan, Larkin, and Page (2001) compared those individuals committed to high-security care who committed parricide and those who killed strangers. These researchers found that those who committed parricides were more likely to  ...
Bruce A. Arrigo, Stacey L. Shipley, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARRICIDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term parricide is used in the context of the following news items.
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Les 7 recommandations du CESE pour la protection de nos seniors
... des parents et de parricide. Ainsi le CESE recommande de « définir un cadre juridique et institutionnel qui protège les personnes âgées ». «Telquel.ma, Jul 15»
2
Emotional triggers
... meaning or worth, results can be suicide, infanticide (killing babies), parricide (killing of parents), and even deicide (killing their God). Once a ... «Amsterdam News, Jul 15»
3
Korean lawmakers push bill to remove statute of limitation for murder
The revision, however, does not extend to manslaughter or parricide cases. Other relevant bills, such as extending the statute of limitation for ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
4
Lawmakers push bill to remove statute of limitation for murder
The revision, however, does not extend to manslaughter or parricide cases. Other relevant bills, such as extending the statute of limitation for ... «The Korea Herald, Jul 15»
5
Seaman strangles wife to death
Superintendent Rommel C. Estolano, Bacoor police chief, said a parricide charge would be filed against John who is now detained at the city ... «Tempo, Jul 15»
6
Children of Pinay in mercy killing case come to her defense
In 2010, the Philippine Department of Justice ordered the filing of parricide charges against Mary Ann and her eldest child, Patrick. They are ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
7
How Miriam wants to help terminally ill people
Manansala and her son are facing parricide charges before a Quezon City Regional Trial Court. She has been detained since she was ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
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When a parent is killed: family tragedy is often a mark of our broader …
Parricide, or an individual killing their parent(s), accounted for 4.8% of homicides in the ten years to June 30, 2012. It is our third-most-common ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
9
Was it mercy killing?
Accused of parricide: Mary Ann Laurel taken from video by ABS-CBN July ... She has been charged with “parricide” for the murder of her former ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
10
Slain bank teller's ex-husband, girlfriend charged
... National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) sought the indictment of Fidel Sheildon Arcenas Jr. for parricide and Ma. «Philippine Star, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Parricide [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/parricide>. May 2024 ».
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