-cide

See also: cide

English

Etymology

In sense 2, from French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”), from caedō (“cut, kill”). In sense 1 (now the primary sense), by extension from sense 2.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-saɪd/

Suffix

-cide

1. killing
2. killer

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -cide

► English words suffixed with -icide

Translations

killing of

• Catalan: -cidi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -殺 (zh), -杀 (zh) (shā)

• Finnish: -murha (fi)
• French: -cide (fr)
• German: -mord (de), -zid (de) (the derived noun is masculine)
• Greek: -κτονία (el) (-ktonía)
• Icelandic: -dráp n, -eitur n
• Ido: -ocido
• Irish: -mharfóireacht f, --mharú m

• Italian: -cidio m
• Japanese: -殺し (koroshi)
• Latin: -cidium
• Persian: -کُشی‎‎ (-کُشی)
• Portuguese: -cídio m
• Russian: -цид m (-cid), -уби́йство (ru) n (-ubíjstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: -cid

• Spanish: -cidio (es) m
• Swedish: -mord (sv) n

killer of

• Catalan: -cida f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 殺手 (zh), 殺人 (zh)

• Finnish: -tappaja (fi)
• French: -cide (fr)
• German: -mörder (de)
• Greek: -κτόνος (el) (-któnos)
• Icelandic: -deyðir m, -eyðir m
• Irish: -mharfóir m
• Italian: -cida (it) f

• Japanese: 殺す人 (korosu hito)
• Latin: -cīda
• Persian: -کُش‎‎ (-کُش)
• Portuguese: -cida (pt) m, f
• Russian: -уби́йца (ru) m (-ubíjca)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: -cid

• Spanish: -cida (es) f
• Swedish: mördare (sv) n

Anagrams

• Dice, cedi, deci-, dice, iced