assassí

Catalan

Etymology

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn). First attested in 1284.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.səˈsi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.saˈsi]
• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

assassí (feminine assassina, masculine plural assassins, feminine plural assassines)

1. murderous
2. fatal

Noun

assassí m (plural assassins, feminine assassina)

1. assassin
2. murderer, killer

Derived terms

• assassinar
• assassinat

Further reading

• “assassí”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “assassí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “assassí” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.