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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin homicīda.
Pronunciation
Adjective
homicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural homicides)
- homicidal
Noun
homicida m or f by sense (plural homicides)
- murderer
Further reading
French
Pronunciation
Verb
homicida
- third-person singular past historic of homicider
Latin
Etymology
homō (“person”) + -cīda
Pronunciation
Noun
homicīda m or f (genitive homicīdae); first declension
- a murderer, a manslayer, a slayer of men; a murderess
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “homicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “homicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- homicida in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- homicida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- homicida in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin homicīda.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
homicida m or f (plural homicidas)
- homicidal (of or pertaining to homicide)
Noun
homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)
- murderer; homicide (a person who kills another)
- Synonym: assassino
References
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin homicīda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /omiˈθida/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /omiˈsida/
- Rhymes: -ida
- Syllabification: ho‧mi‧ci‧da
Adjective
homicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural homicidas)
- murderous, homicidal
Noun
homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)
- murderer
- Synonym: asesino
Derived terms
Further reading