sororicide

English

Etymology 1

From Latin sorōricīdium (“killing of one’s sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīdium (“killing”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) +‎ -cide (“killing”).

Noun

sororicide (countable and uncountable, plural sororicides)

1. The killing of one's sister.
   • 2014, Albert Lee Strickland, “Familicide”, in Michael John Brennan, editor, The A–Z of Death and Dying: Social, Medical, and Cultural Aspects, Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, pages 205–206:

     Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).

Coordinate terms

• (killing of brother): fratricide

Derived terms

• sororicidal

Translations

killing of one’s sister

• Dutch: zustermoord
• French: sororicide (fr) m
• German: Schwestermord m
• Greek: αδελφοκτονία (el) f (adelfoktonía)
• Ido: fratinocido
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: xwişkkujî f

• Latin: sorōricīdium n
• Polish: siostrobójstwo n
• Portuguese: sororicídio (pt)
• Russian: сестроуби́йство n (sestroubíjstvo)

Etymology 2

From Latin sorōricīda (“one who kills his sister”), from soror (“sister”) + -cīda (“killer”). Equivalent to Latin soror (“sister”) +‎ -cide (“killer”).

Noun

sororicide (plural sororicides)

1. A person who kills his or her sister.

Coordinate terms

• (brother killer): fratricide

Translations

sister killer

• Dutch: zustermoordenaar
• French: sororicide (fr) m
• Greek: αδελφοκτόνος (el) m or f (adelfoktónos)
• Latin: sorōricīda m
• Polish: siostrobójca m, siostrobójczyni f

Translations

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• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} sestroubuistvo

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.ʁɔ.ʁi.sid/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Late Latin sorōricīdium.

Noun

sororicide m (plural sororicides)

1. sororicide (crime of killing one's sister)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin sorōricīda.

Noun

sororicide m (plural sororicides)

1. sororicide (person who commits this crime)

Adjective

sororicide (plural sororicides)

1. sororicidal

Related terms

• fratricide
• parricide

Further reading

• “sororicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.