-cide

See also: cide

English

Alternative forms

• -icide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-saɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -cīda

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin -cīdiumder.

Middle French -cidebor.

English -cide

From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīdium (“killing”).

Suffix

-cide

2. killing

Translations

killing of

• Asturian: -cidiu m
• Basque: -zidio (eu) inan
• Bulgarian: -уби́йство (-ubíjstvo)
• Catalan: -cidi m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: -殺 / 杀 (zh) (shā)

• Esperanto: murdo (eo)
• Finnish: -murha (fi)
• French: -cide (fr) m
• Galician: -cidio m
• German: -mord (de), -zid (de) (the derived noun is masculine)
• Greek: -κτονία (el) f (-ktonía)
• Hindi: -हत्या f (-hatyā)
• Hungarian: -ölés (hu), -irtás (hu), -cida
• Icelandic: -dráp n, -eitur n
• Ido: -ocido
• Interlingua: -cidio
• Irish: -mharfóireacht f, --mharú m
• Italian: -cidio m
• Japanese: -殺し (ja) (koroshi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: -kujï f

• Latin: -cidium n
• Maltese: -ċidju m
• Occitan: -cidi m
• Persian: -کُشی (-koši)
• Polish: -cyd m inan
• Portuguese: -cídio (pt) m
• Romanian: -cid n
• Russian: -цид m (-cid), -уби́йство (ru) n (-ubíjstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: -цӣд m

  Latin: -cīd m

• Spanish: -cidio (es) m
• Swedish: -mord (sv) n, -cid (sv)
• Tagalog: -sidyo
• Tamil: -கொலை (-kolai)
• Yiddish: ־מאָרד (-mord)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -cīdader.

Middle French -cidebor.

English -cide

From Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda (“cutter, killer”), from caedō (“cut, kill”).

Suffix

-cide

2. killer

Translations

killer of

• Asturian: -cida m or f
• Basque: -zida anim
• Catalan: -cida m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 殺手 / 杀手 (zh) (shāshǒu), 殺人 / 杀人 (zh) (shārén)

• Finnish: -tappaja (fi)
• French: -cide (fr) m or f
• Galician: -cida m or f
• German: -mörder (de)
• Greek: -κτόνος (el) (-któnos)
• Hungarian: -ölő (hu), -irtó (hu), -cid
• Icelandic: -deyðir m, -eyðir m
• Ido: -ocidanto
• Interlingua: -cida
• Irish: -mharfóir m
• Italian: -cida (it) m or f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 殺す人 (korosu hito)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: -کوژ (-kuj)

  Northern Kurdish: -kuj (ku) m or f

• Latin: -cīda
• Maltese: -ċida m or f
• Occitan: -cida m or f
• Persian: -کُش (-koš)
• Polish: -cyd m pers
• Portuguese: -cida (pt) m or f
• Romanian: -cid m or n, -cidă f
• Russian: -уби́йца (ru) m (-ubíjca)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: -cid

• Spanish: -cida (es) m or f
• Swedish: mördare (sv) n, -cid (sv)
• Tagalog: -sida
• Tamil: -கொல்லி (-kolli)
• Yiddish: ־מערדער m (-merder)

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -cide

amicide

aphidicide

arborcide

candicidin

clerocidin

cybercide

dermcidin

electrocide

eugenocide

familicide

fetucide

foeticide

genericide

hepcidin

identicide

infocide

leucocidin

matricide

necrocide

piscicide

roboticide

selficide

spermaticide

squirrelcide

taenicide

ursicide

verbicide

viricidal

English terms suffixed with -icide

adulticide

amebicide

amœbicide

anaerobicide

animalicide

ansericide

anticide

arachnicide

arboricide

ascaricide

asinicide

attracticide

aunticide

avunculicide

birdicide

blatticide

botryticide

bovicide

bugicide

Christicide

classicide

cockroachicide

conjugicide

copicide

culturicide

cygnicide

czaricide

draconicide

dukicide

elephanticide

eliticide

equicide

femicide

feminicide

feticide

floricide

foeticide

geronticide

gonococcicide

herbicide

humanicide

insecticide

Islamicide

ixodicide

juridicide

lousicide

monstricide

mothicide

muricide

muscicide

Muslimicide

papicide

pediculicide

pesticide

populicide

porpicide

propheticide

pullicide

ranicide

reginicide

roachicide

roboticide

scalicide

sciuricide

selficide

slimicide

slugicide

snailicide

sororicide

spadassinicide

spermicide

sporicide

tauricide

temporicide

termiticide

terricide

thripicide

tickicide

transfemicide

tsaricide

uxoricide

vampicide

vampiricide

verbicide

verminicide

viricide

weedicide

wormicide

English terms suffixed with -cide (killing)

aborticide

ailurocide

amphibicide

androcide

aphidicide

apicide

arboricide

aristocide

autocide

auto-ethnocide

avicide

bibliocide

boomercide

bovicide

canicide

caninicide

caticide

celebricide

chronocide

clinicide

computercide

cosmocide

culturacide

culturcide

culturecide

culturocide

deicide

democide

democracide

dogicide

domicide

ecocide

egocide

eldercide

episcopicide

equicide

ethnocide

facticide

familicide

felicide

felinicide

feticide

filaricide

filicide

formicide

gallicide

gendercide

genocide

genticide

geocide

geriatricide

gerontocide

giganticide

gnomicide

gynecide

gynecocide

gynocide

herbicide

hereticide

historicide

hospiticide

husbandicide

iatrocide

indigenocide

infanticide

Jedicide

Judaeocide

Judeocide

legicide

lesbicide

liberticide

libricide

linguicide

llamacide

lupicide

magistricide

magnicide

malecide

mariticide

matricide

mayocide

memocide

memorycide

menticide

monkeycide

multicide

mundicide

municide

neonaticide

nepocide

nepoticide

niggercide

omnicide

papacide

parenticide

parricide

patricide

perdricide

piscicide

planetcide

policide

politicide

porcicide

principicide

prolicide

pubicide

ranacide

regicide

reginacide

religicide

religiocide

robocide

scholasticide

scienticide

senicide

serpenticide

siblicide

sociocide

sororicide

sparrowcide

specicide

speciecide

speciocide

suicide

tauricide

technocide

terracide

theriocide

topocide

transgendercide

transvesticide

travesticide

tyrannicide

unclecide

vaccicide

vaticide

vulpicide

wificide

xenocide

zoocide

English terms suffixed with -cide (killer)

aborticide

acaricide

-cidal

algicide

amoebacide

amphibicide

anophelicide

aphicide

aphidicide

apicide

arboricide

autocide

avicide

babesicide

bacillicide

bacteriacide

bactericide

bacteriocide

biocide

botryticide

bovicide

canicide

cathelicidin

ceticide

coccicide

culicide

cytocide

deicide

ectoparasiticide

endectocide

equicide

famacide

familicide

febricide

feticide

filaricide

filicide

flukicide

formicide

fungicide

gametocide

gametocytocide

germicide

giganticide

gonocide

helminthicide

hospiticide

ichthyocide

infanticide

lampricide

larvacide

larvicide

liberticide

licecide

lignicide

limacide

lupicide

magistricide

mariticide

matricide

microbicide

mildewcide

miticide

molluscacide

molluscicide

molluskicide

mosquitocide

mycocide

nanocide

nematicide

nematocide

neonaticide

nepoticide

niggacide

omnicide

oomycide

ovicide

oxyuricide

papacide

parasiticide

parenticide

parricide

patricide

perdricide

pesticide

phytocide

pilicide

piscicide

principicide

prolicide

pubicide

pulicicide

pupacide

raticide

regicide

reginacide

regnicide

rodenticide

scabicide

schistosomicide

serpenticide

silvicide

sociocide

sororicide

sparrowcide

spermatocide

sporocide

suicide

taeniacide

trypanocide

trypanosomicide

tumoricide

tyrannicide

vaticide

vermicide

viruscide

vulpicide

zoocide

zymocide

Anagrams

• Dice, cedi, deci-, dice, iced

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sid/

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīdium.

Suffix

-cide m

1. -cide (killing)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French -cide, from Latin -cīda.

Suffix

-cide m or f by sense

1. -cide (killer)

Etymology 3

Suffix

-cide m or f

1. -cidal

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -cide

asinicide

bactéricide

climaticide

écocide

ethnocide

féticide

fœticide

fongicide

génocide

gynocide

herbicide

insecticide

liberticide

pesticide

populicide

raticide

réginicide

tænicide

tyrannicide

vermicide