suicidio

See also: suicídio

Galician

Alternative forms

• suicídio (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin suīcīdium, from suī (“oneself”) and -cīdium (“-cide”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sujˈθidjo/ [s̺ujˈθi.ð̞jʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /sujˈθidjo/ [s̺ujˈθi.ð̞jʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sujˈsidjo/ [sujˈsi.ð̞jʊ]

• Rhymes: -idjo
• Hyphenation: sui‧ci‧dio

Noun

suicidio m (plural suicidios)

1. suicide (the act of killing oneself)

Related terms

• suicida
• suicidar

Further reading

• “suicidio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “suicidio” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

Interlingua

Noun

suicidio (plural suicidios)

1. suicide

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin suīcīdium, from suī (“oneself”) and -cīdium (“-cide”). Up until the 19th century, the plural form was spelled suicidî, to distinguish it from the plural of suicida (“a suicidal person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.iˈt͡ʃi.djo/
• Rhymes: -idjo
• Hyphenation: su‧i‧cì‧dio

Noun

suicidio m (plural suicidi)

1. suicide (act of killing oneself)

Derived terms

• suicidarsi

Related terms

• suicida
• suicidare
• suicidario

Further reading

• suicidio in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• suicidio in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “suicidio”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Latin

Noun

suīcīdiō

1. dative/ablative singular of suīcīdium

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin suīcīdium, from suī (“oneself”) + -cīdium (“-cide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swiˈθidjo/ [swiˈθi.ð̞jo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /swiˈsidjo/ [swiˈsi.ð̞jo] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -idjo
• Syllabification: sui‧ci‧dio

Noun

suicidio m (plural suicidios)

1. suicide (the act of killing oneself)

   Synonym: autolisis

Related terms

• suicida
• suicidar

Further reading

• “suicidio”, 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