different between fratricide vs fraternize

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

Alternative forms

• fraternise (non-Oxford British spelling, used in many Commonwealth countries but not Canada)

Etymology

From French fraterniser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?æt?n??z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f?æt?n??z/

Verb

fraternize (third-person singular simple present fraternizes, present participle fraternizing, simple past and past participle fraternized)

1. (intransitive) To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
2. (intransitive) To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
3. (intransitive) To have an intimate or sexual relationship with a forbidden member of the opposite sex; as, in some cases, football players with cheerleaders.

Related terms

Translations

Portuguese

Verb

fraternize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fraternizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of fraternizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fraternizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fraternizar