fratricide

English

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Etymology

From Latin frater (“brother”) + caedere (“to kill”). Equivalent to +‎ -cide.

Noun

fratricide (plural fratricides)

1. The killing of one's brother (or sister).
2. A person who commits this crime.
   • 1936, H. A. L. Fisher, A History of Europe, Edward Arnold Publishers, p.376,

     The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980 - 1015) was a fratricide, who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented his canonization as a saint.

3. (military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
   • 1999, Richard M. Swain, Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm, DIANE Publishing, page 180,

     From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide, the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,'...

Derived terms

• fratricidal

Related terms

• (murder): homicide
• (murder of father): patricide
• (murder of king): regicide
• (military): friendly fire

Translations

killing of one's sibling

• Estonian: vennatapp
• Finnish: veljensurma (of a brother)
• French: fratricide (fr) m
• German: Brudermord (de) m (of a brother)
• Greek: αδελφοκτονία (el) f (adelfoktonía)
• Polish: bratobójstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: fratricídio (pt) m

• Russian: братоубийство (ru) n (bratoubíjstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: братоубиство n, фратрицид m

  Roman: bratoùbōjstvo n, fratrìcīd m

• Slovene: bratomor m
• Swedish: brodermord (sv)

person who commits this crime

• Estonian: vennatapja
• Finnish: veljensurmaaja
• French: fratricide (fr) m
• German: Brudermörder (de) m, Brudermörderin f
• Greek: αδελφοκτόνος (el) m, f (adelfoktónos)
• Polish: bratobójca m, bratobójczyni f
• Portuguese: fratricida (pt)

• Russian: братоубийца (ru) m, f (bratoubíjca)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: братоубиство n

  Roman: bratoùbōjstvo n

• Slovene: bratomorilec m
• Swedish: brodermördare

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French

Noun

fratricide m (plural fratricides)

1. fratricide (crime)
2. fratricide (person who commits this crime)

Adjective

fratricide (masculine and feminine, plural fratricides)

1. fratricidal

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Italian

Adjective

fratricide f pl

1. Feminine plural form of fratricida

Noun

fratricide f pl

1. plural form of fratricida