tyrannicide

== English == === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/ === Etymology 1 === From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. Equivalent to tyrant +‎ -cide. ==== Noun ==== tyrannicide (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannicides) The killing of a tyrant. Hypernyms: assassination, regicide ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīdium. Equivalent to tyrant +‎ -cide. ==== Noun ==== tyrannicide (plural tyrannicides) Someone who kills a tyrant. Hypernyms: assassin, regicide ===== Translations ===== === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ti.ʁa.ni.sid/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīdium. By surface analysis, tyran +‎ -i- +‎ -cide. ==== Noun ==== tyrannicide m (plural tyrannicides) tyrannicide (the killing of a tyrant) === Etymology 2 === From Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. By surface analysis, tyran +‎ -i- +‎ -cide. ==== Noun ==== tyrannicide m or f by sense (plural tyrannicides) tyrannicide (someone who kills a tyrant) === Further reading === “tyrannicide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012