assassí

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, hashish users) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn). First attested in 1284.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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assassí (feminine assassina, masculine plural assassins, feminine plural assassines)

  1. murderous
  2. fatal

Noun

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assassí m (plural assassins, feminine assassina)

  1. assassin
  2. murderer, killer

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ assassí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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