homicide

== English == === Alternative forms === hominicide === Etymology === From Old French homicide, from Latin homicīda (“man-slayer”) and homicīdium (“manslaughter”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/ (US) enPR: hämʹə-sīdˈ, hōʹmə-sīdˈ; IPA(key): /ˈhɑm.əˌsaɪ̯d/, /ˈhoʊ.məˌsaɪ̯d/ === Noun === homicide (countable and uncountable, plural homicides) (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional. (countable) A person who kills another. (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else. (uncountable, US) The department within a police force that investigates cases of homicide. ==== Synonyms ==== (unlawful killing of a person by another): assassination (intentional), killing, first-degree murder (US; intentional), manslaughter (unintentional), murder (intentional), second-degree murder (US; unintentional) (person who unlawfully kills another person): See Thesaurus:killer (victim of homicide): murder victim ==== Hypernyms ==== (unlawful killing of a person by another): crime ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === homicide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.mi.sid/ === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin homicīdium. ==== Noun ==== homicide m (plural homicides) homicide (killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional) homicide involontaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) homicide volontaire ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin homicīda. ==== Noun ==== homicide m or f by sense (plural homicides) homicide, killer (person who kills another) ==== Adjective ==== homicide (plural homicides) killer; that kills === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== homicide inflection of homicider: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “homicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Alternative forms === omicide === Noun === homicide m (plural homicides) homicide === Noun === homicide m or f (plural homicides) killer === Adjective === homicide m or f (plural homicides) killer; that kills