genocida

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) +‎ -cida, or geno- +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒə.nuˈsi.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒe.noˈsi.ða]

Adjective

genocida m or f (masculine and feminine plural genocides)

1. genocidal (causing or relating to a genocide)

Noun

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocides)

1. genocider, genocidaire (one who commits genocide)

Related terms

• genocidi

Further reading

• “genocida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “genocida” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Alternative forms

• genocidium

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛnot͡sɪda]

Noun

genocida f

1. genocide

Declension

Declension of genocida (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	genocida	genocidy
genitive	genocidy	genocid
dative	genocidě	genocidám
accusative	genocidu	genocidy
vocative	genocido	genocidy
locative	genocidě	genocidách
instrumental	genocidou	genocidami

Derived terms

• genocidní

Galician

Adjective

genocida m or f (plural genocidas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xenocida

Noun

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocidas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xenocida

Further reading

• “genocida”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) +‎ -cida, or geno- +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.noˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.noˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.noˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.nuˈsi.dɐ/ [ʒɨ.nuˈsi.ðɐ]

• Rhymes: -idɐ
• Hyphenation: ge‧no‧ci‧da

Adjective

genocida m or f (plural genocidas)

1. genocidal (causing or relating to a genocide)

Noun

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocidas)

1. genocider, genocidaire (one who commits genocide)

Related terms

• genocídio

Further reading

• “genocida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “genocida”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “genocida”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “genocida”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “genocida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) +‎ -cida, or geno- +‎ -cida.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xenoˈθida/ [xe.noˈθi.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /xenoˈsida/ [xe.noˈsi.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: ge‧no‧ci‧da

Adjective

genocida m or f (masculine and feminine plural genocidas)

1. genocidal (causing or relating to a genocide)

Noun

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocidas)

1. genocider, genocidaire (one who commits genocide)

Related terms

• genocidio

Further reading

• “genocida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “genocida” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.