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parricide

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpærɪˌsaɪd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpærəˌsaɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(par′ə sīd′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
par•ri•cide /ˈpærəˌsaɪd/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the killing of one's father, mother, or other close relative:[uncountable]guilty of parricide.
  2. [countable] a person who commits such an act.
par•ri•cid•al /ˌpærəˈsaɪdəl/USA pronunciation  adj. See -cide-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
par•ri•cide  (par′ə sīd′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of killing one's father, mother, or other close relative.
  2. a person who commits such an act.
  • Latin parricīdum act of kin-murder, parricīda kin-killer, equivalent. to pāri- (akin to Greek pāós, Attic pēós kinsman) + -cīdum, -cida -cide
  • 1545–55
par′ri•cid′al, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
parricide /ˈpærɪˌsaɪd/ n
  1. the act of killing either of one's parents
  2. a person who kills his or her parent
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin parricīdium murder of a parent or relative, and from parricīda one who murders a relative, from parri- (element related to Greek pēos kinsman) + -cīdium, -cīda -cideˌparriˈcidal adj
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