different between killing vs gynocide

English

Etymology

From kill +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l.??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

killing

1. present participle of kill

   This work is killing me.

Adjective

killing (comparative more killing, superlative most killing)

1. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
2. Devastatingly attractive.
   • 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair, Chapter 5:

     He sprang to open the door for the ladies, when they retired, with the most killing grace ...

3. That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 471:

     Livia found her ‘killing’, and derived such amusement from her Martinique French that he was forced to enjoy her as well.

Translations

Noun

killing (countable and uncountable, plural killings)

1. An instance of someone being killed.
2. (informal, usually as make a killing) A large amount of money.

   He made a killing on the stock market.

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse ketlingr, diminutive form of ketta (“cat”). Cognate with Swedish källing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kilen?/, [?k?ile?]

Noun

killing c (singular definite killingen, plural indefinite killinger)

1. kitten (young cat)
2. leveret (young hare)

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kiðlingr.

Noun

killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killinger, definite plural killingene)

1. a goatling

Derived terms

• geitekilling

References

• “killing” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kiðlingr.

Noun

killing m (definite singular killingen, indefinite plural killingar, definite plural killingane)

1. a goatling

Derived terms

• geitekilling

References

• “killing” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kiþlinger, from Old Norse kiðlingr, corresponding to kid (now fawn, before all baby animals) +? -ling (diminutive suffix).

Noun

killing c

1. a kid (young goat)

Declension

See also

• källing

English

Etymology

From gyno- +? -cide, after genocide. Compare gynecide and gynecocide.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????n?s??d/

Noun

gynocide (plural gynocides)

1. The killing of women and girls, especially considered as a social phenomenon.
   • 1976, Andrea Dworkin, Our Blood:

     We find that millions upon millions of women have died as the victims of organized gynocide.

   • 1987, Jane Caputi, The Age of Sex Crime, p. 95:

     In the contemporary Age of Sex Crime, it is another traditional female scapegoat, the prostitute, who is the paradigmatic target of gynocide.

Anagrams

• decoying, gynecoid

Dutch

Noun

gynocide f (plural gynocides, diminutive gynocidetje n)

1. femicide

   Synonyms: vrouwenmoord, femicide, feminicide

French

Etymology

gyno- +? -cide

Noun

gynocide f (plural gynocides)

1. femicide

Synonyms

• féminicide