fratricide

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīdium. ==== Noun ==== fratricide (countable and uncountable, plural fratricides) The killing of one's brother (or sister). (military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms. (military, by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode. ===== Derived terms ===== fratricidal nuclear fratricide ===== Related terms ===== (murder): homicide (murder of father): patricide (murder of king): regicide (murder of sister): sororicide ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English fratricide, from Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīda. ==== Noun ==== fratricide (plural fratricides) A person who commits fratricide. ===== Synonyms ===== brother-slayer ===== Translations ===== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fʁa.tʁi.sid/ === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Late Latin frātricīdium. ==== Noun ==== fratricide m (plural fratricides) fratricide (crime of killing one's brother) === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin frātricīda. ==== Noun ==== fratricide m (plural fratricides) fratricide (person who commits this crime) ==== Adjective ==== fratricide (plural fratricides) fratricidal === Related terms === sororicide parricide === Further reading === “fratricide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fra.triˈt͡ʃi.de/ Rhymes: -ide Hyphenation: fra‧tri‧cì‧de === Adjective === fratricide feminine plural of fratricida === Noun === fratricide f pl plural of fratricida