infanticide

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd/ === Etymology 1 === From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīdium. By surface analysis, infant +‎ -i- +‎ -cide. ==== Noun ==== infanticide (countable and uncountable, plural infanticides) The murder of an infant. The murder of a child by a parent; filicide. (law, Canada) The criminal offence of killing of a newborn, committed by its mother while psychologically disturbed by the effects of childbirth or lactation, not regarded as murder. (zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From French infanticide, from Latin īnfanticīda. By surface analysis, infant +‎ -i- +‎ -cide. ==== Noun ==== infanticide (plural infanticides) The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide. ===== Translations ===== === See also === === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.sid/ === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnfanticīdium, from Latin īnfāns (“child”) + caedō (“to kill”). ==== Noun ==== infanticide m (plural infanticides) infanticide (murder of an infant) === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnfanticīda, from Latin īnfāns (“child”) + caedō (“to kill”). ==== Noun ==== infanticide m or f (plural infanticides) infanticide (murderer of a child, person who has committed infanticide) === Further reading === “infanticide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /in.fan.tiˈt͡ʃi.de/ Rhymes: -ide Hyphenation: in‧fan‧ti‧cì‧de === Noun === infanticide f pl feminine plural of infanticida === Anagrams === nidificante