English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fēm(ina) (“woman”) + -icide, by analogy with homicide.
Pronunciation
Noun
femicide (countable and uncountable, plural femicides)
- The killing of a woman because of their gender, especially when motivated by misogyny. [from 19th c.]
Translations
killing of women
- Catalan: feminicidi (ca) m, femicidi m
- Danish: femicide
- Dutch: vrouwenmoord f, feminicide f, gynocide f, femicide f
- French: féminicide (fr) m, fémicide m, gynocide (fr) m
- Galician: feminicidio m, femicidio m
- Georgian: ფემიციდი (pemicidi)
- German: Femizid (de) m or n, Feminizid m or n, Frauenmord (de) m
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Italian: femminicidio (it) m, femmicidio m,
- Japanese: フェミサイド (femisaido), フェミニサイド (feminisaido)
- Korean: 여성살해 (yeoseongsalhae), 녀성살해 (nyeoseongsalhae) (North Korea)
- Polish: kobietobójstwo n
- Portuguese: feminicídio (pt) m, femicídio m
- Russian: фемици́д m (femicíd), феминици́д m (feminicíd)
- Spanish: femicidio (es) m, feminicidio m
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References
- 2006 Random House Dictionary
Dutch
Noun
femicide f (plural femicides, diminutive femicidetje n)
- femicide
- Synonyms: vrouwenmoord, feminicide, gynocide