different between homicide vs parricide

English

Etymology

From Old French homicide, from Latin homic?da (“man-slayer”) and homic?dium (“manslaughter”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?m?sa?d/
• (US) enPR: häm??-s?d, h??m?-s?d, IPA^(key): /?h?m?sa?d/, /?ho?m?sa?d/

Noun

homicide (countable and uncountable, plural homicides)

1. (countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
2. (countable) A person who kills another.
3. (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
   • 1996, A J Holt, Watch Me [1]:

     “She was a hippie kid. How hard would you work a case like that?”

     “As hard as anyone else,” said Goddard. There was an irritated note in his voice. “She was a homicide. She got what every homicide investigation gets.”

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): assassin, killer, man-slayer, murderer
• (victim of homicide): murder victim

Derived terms

• homicidal
• culpable homicide

Translations

See also

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin homicidium

Pronunciation

Noun

homicide m (plural homicides)

1. homicide

Noun

homicide m or f (plural homicides)

1. killer

Adjective

homicide (plural homicides)

1. killer; that kills

Verb

homicide

1. first-person singular present indicative of homicider
2. third-person singular present indicative of homicider
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of homicider
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of homicider
5. second-person singular imperative of homicider

Further reading

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

Middle French

Alternative forms

• omicide

Noun

homicide m (plural homicides)

1. homicide

Noun

homicide m or f (plural homicides)

1. killer

Adjective

homicide m or f (plural homicides)

1. killer; that kills

English

Etymology

From Middle French parricide, from Latin parric?da and parric?dium, of uncertain origin, perhaps from p?r (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- +? -cide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæ.??.sa?d/

Noun

parricide (countable and uncountable, plural parricides)

1. Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
   • 1605, William Shakespeare, King Lear II.i:

     I told him the reuenging Gods, / ’Gainst Paricides did all the thunder bend […]

2. Someone who commits treason.
3. The killing of a relative, especially a parent.
4. The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.

Translations

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French parricide, from Latin parric?da (“a kin murderer”).

Noun

parricide m (plural parricides)

1. parricide (someone who kills a relative, especially a parent)

Etymology 2

From Middle French parricide, from Latin parric?dium (“murder of a relative”).

Noun

parricide m (plural parricides)

1. parricide, murder of one's close relative

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

parricide f

1. plural of parricida

Anagrams

• pericardi

Middle French

Noun

parricide m (plural parricides)

1. parricide (killing of one's own father)

Descendants

• ? English: parricide
• French: parricide