different between women vs femicide

English

Alternative forms

• See woman

Etymology

From Middle English wimmen, from Old English w?fmenn (“women”), from w?f (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife +? men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/
  • Rhymes: -?m?n
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/
  • Rhymes: -?m?n
• Hyphenation: wom?en
• Homophone: woman (some dialects, common in New Zealand and South Africa)

Noun

women

1. plural of woman

   Three women went for a walk.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:women.

Related terms

• women's lib
• womenfolk

Noun

women

1. Misspelling of woman.

Anagrams

• Mowen, menow

Middle English

Noun

women pl

1. Alternative form of wommen

English

Alternative forms

• feminicide

Etymology

From Latin f?m(ina) (“woman”) +? -icide, by analogy with homicide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?m?sa?d/

Noun

femicide (countable and uncountable, plural femicides)

1. The killing of a woman because of their gender, especially when motivated by misogyny. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• womanslaughter

Translations

Further reading

• femicide on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Noun

femicide f (plural femicides, diminutive femicidetje n)

1. femicide

   Synonyms: vrouwenmoord, feminicide, gynocide