different between fratricide vs fraternity

English

Etymology

From Middle English fratricide, from Old French fratricide, from Latin fr?tric?da.

Noun

fratricide (countable and uncountable, plural fratricides)

1. The killing of one's brother (or sister).
2. A person who commits this crime.
   • 1936, H. A. L. Fisher, A History of Europe, Edward Arnold Publishers, p.376,

     The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980–1015) was a fratricide, who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented his canonization as a saint.

3. (military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
   • 1999, Richard M. Swain, Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm, DIANE Publishing, page 180,

     From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide, the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,' […]

4. (military, by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.

Synonyms

• (person who commits fratricide): brother-slayer

Derived terms

• fratricidal

Related terms

• (murder): homicide
• (murder of father): patricide
• (murder of king): regicide
• (murder of sister): sororicide
• (military): friendly fire

Translations

French

Noun

fratricide m (plural fratricides)

1. fratricide (crime)
2. fratricide (person who commits this crime)

Adjective

fratricide (plural fratricides)

1. fratricidal

Further reading

• “fratricide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Adjective

fratricide

1. feminine plural of fratricida

Noun

fratricide f pl

1. plural of fratricida

English

Etymology

From Middle English fraternite, borrowed from Old French fraternité, from Latin fr?ternit?s, ultimately from fr?ter (“brother”).

Noun

fraternity (countable and uncountable, plural fraternities)

1. The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
2. A group of people associated for a common purpose.
3. (US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.

Synonyms

• brotherhood
• community

Antonyms

• disfavor

Related terms

• fraternal
• fraternise, fraternize
• fratricide
• fraternity house
• sorority

Translations

See also

• sorority