femicide

English

Alternative forms

• feminicide

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin fēm(ina) (“woman”) +‎ -icide, by analogy with homicide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmɪsaɪd/

Noun

femicide (countable and uncountable, plural femicides)

1. 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) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

References

• 2006 Random House Dictionary

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Dutch

Noun

femicide f (plural femicides, diminutive femicidetje n)

1. femicide

   Synonyms: vrouwenmoord, feminicide, gynocide