regicide

See also: régicide

English

Etymology

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From Latin rēgis (“king”, genitive singular of rēx) +‎ -cide (“killer”), patterned after suicide.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕj'ə-sīd, IPA^(key): /ˈɹedʒəsaɪd/

Noun

regicide (plural regicides)

1. The killing of a king.
2. One who kills a king. [from 1540s]

   Synonym: kingslayer

   • 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1]:

     The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.

Derived terms

• regicidal

Related terms

• infanticide
• fratricide
• suicide
• -cide

See also

• royal assassin

Translations

the killing of a king

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 弑君 (zh) (shìjūn)

• Czech: královražda f
• Dutch: vorstenmoord m, koningsmoord (nl) m, regicide (nl) m
• Finnish: kuninkaanmurha
• French: régicide (fr)
• German: Königsmord (de) m
• Greek: βασιλοκτονία (el) f (vasiloktonía)
• Hungarian: királygyilkosság (hu)
• Italian: regicidio (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: кралоубиство n (kraloubistvo)
• Polish: królobójstwo n
• Portuguese: regicídio (pt) m
• Romanian: regicid (ro) n
• Russian: цареуби́йство (ru) n (careubíjstvo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: регѝцӣд m

  Roman: regìcīd (sh) m, kraljoubistvo m, careubistvo m

• Spanish: regicidio m
• Swedish: kungamord n
• Urdu: بادشاہ کا قتل

one who kills a king

• Catalan: regicidi m
• Czech: královrah (cs) m
• Danish: kongemorder c
• Dutch: vorstenmoordenaar m, koningsmoordenaar m
• Finnish: kuninkaansurmaaja
• French: régicide (fr)
• German: Königsmörder m
• Greek: βασιλοκτόνος (el) m or f (vasiloktónos)
• Hungarian: királygyilkos (hu)
• Irish: rímharfóir m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: regicida (it) m
• Macedonian: кралоу́биец m (kraloúbiec)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} فارسی (fa), ^{(please verify)} قاتل پادشاه
• Polish: królobójca (pl) m
• Portuguese: regicida (pt) m or f
• Russian: цареуби́йца (ru) m or f (careubíjca)
• Serbo-Croatian: kraljoubica, careubica
• Spanish: regicida m or f
• Swedish: kungamördare c
• Urdu: بادشاہ کا قاتل

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

regicide f

1. plural of regicida