• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpætɹɪsaɪd/

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Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- +‎ -cide.

patricide (countable and uncountable, plural patricides)

1. The murder of one's father.

Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīda. Equivalent to patri- +‎ -cide.

patricide (plural patricides)

1. One who has murdered their father.

• (murderer of one's father): father-slayer

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