murderess

English

Etymology

From Middle English morderes, from Old French morderesse, moeurdrese; equivalent to murder +‎ -ess.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɜːdəˈɹɛs/, /ˈmɜːdəɹɪs/, /ˈmɜːdɹɪs/, /-ɹəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝdəɹəs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs, -ɜː(ɹ)dɹɪs
• Homophone: murderous (one pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: mur‧der‧ess

Noun

murderess (plural murderesses, masculine murderer)

1. female equivalent of murderer: a woman who commits murder.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, OCLC 1167497017:

     `Yet am I very fair, Kallikrates!' `I hate thee, murderess, and I have no wish to see thee.'

Translations

woman who commits murder

• Albanian: vrasëse (sq) f
• Arabic: قَاتِلَة‎ f (qātila)
• Bulgarian: уби́йца f (ubíjca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女殺手, 女杀手 (nǚshāshǒu)

• Czech: vražedkyně (cs) f
• Danish: morderske c
• Dutch: moordenares (nl) f, moordenaarster f
• French: meurtrière (fr) f
• German: Mörderin (de) f
• Greek: φόνισσα (el) f (fónissa), δολοφόνισσα (el) f (dolofónissa)

  Ancient: φονεύτρια f (phoneútria)

• Hebrew: רוצחת \ רוֹצַחַת‎ f (rotsákhat)
• Italian: assassina (it) f, omicida (it) f
• Latin: interfectrīx f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: morderske m or f

  Nynorsk: morderske f

• Polish: morderczyni (pl) f, zabójczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: assassina (pt) f
• Russian: уби́йца (ru) m or f (ubíjca) (both genders), же́нщина-уби́йца f (žénščina-ubíjca)
• Slovak: vrahyňa (sk) f
• Spanish: asesina (es) f
• Swedish: mörderska (sv) c
• Telugu: ఘాతిని (te) (ghātini), హంతకురాలు (hantakurālu)