Infanticide

In-fan′ti-cide

,

Noun.

[L.

infanticidium

child murder;

infans

,

-antis

, child +

caedere

to kill: cf. F.

infanticide

. See

Infant

, and

Homicide

.]

The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.

In-fan′ti-cide

,

Noun.

[L.

infanticida

: cf. F.

infanticide

.]

One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.

Infanticide

INFANT'ICIDE

,

Noun.

[Low L. infanticidium; infans, an infant, and coedo, to kill.]

1.

The intentional killing of an infant.

2.

The slaughter of infants by Herod. Matt.2.

3.

A slayer of infants.

infanticide

English

Noun

infanticide ‎(countable and uncountable, plural infanticides)

The murder of an infant.
The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
(zoology) The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.

Related terms

infanticidal

Translations

the murder of an infant

Armenian: մանկասպանություն ‎(mankaspanutʿyun)
Old Armenian: մանկասպանութիւն ‎(mankaspanutʿiwn)
Belarusian: дзетазабойства n ‎(dzjetazabójstva)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 殺嬰, 杀婴 ‎(shāyīng)
Czech: infanticida (cs) f
Dutch: kindermoord (nl) f, kinderdoding (nl) f, infanticide (nl) f
Finnish: lapsenmurha
French: infanticide (fr) m
German: Kindesmord m, Kindestötung (de) f
Greek: βρεφοκτονία (el) f ‎(vrefoktonía)

Hungarian: csecsemőgyilkosság
Icelandic: barnsmorð n
Japanese: 子殺し ‎(こごろし, kogoroshi)
Latin: infanticidium n
Polish: dzieciobójstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: infanticídio (pt) m
Russian: детоуби́йство (ru) n ‎(detoubíjstvo), инфантици́д (ru) m ‎(infanticíd)
Spanish: infanticida
Ukrainian: дітовбивство n ‎(ditovbývstvo)
Volapük: cililisasen

the murder of one's child

Armenian: որդեսպանություն (hy) ‎(ordespanutʿyun)
Old Armenian: որդեսպանութիւն ‎(ordespanutʿiwn)
Dutch: kindermoord (nl) f, kinderdoding (nl) f, infanticide (nl) f
Esperanto: infanmurdo
Finnish: lapsenmurha
French: infanticide (fr) m
German: Kindesmord m
Greek: παιδοκτονία (el) f ‎(paidoktonía), τεκνοκτονία f ‎(teknoktonía)
Hungarian: gyermekgyilkosság (hu)

Icelandic: barnsmorð n
Japanese: 子殺し ‎(こごろし, kogoroshi)
Korean: 유아 살해 ‎(yua salhae)
Portuguese: filicídio (pt) m, gnaticídio m
Russian: детоуби́йство (ru) n ‎(detoubíjstvo)
Serbo-Croatian: čedoùbōjstvo (sh) m, čedomórstvo (sh) n, čedoubistvo
Slovene: detomor m
Spanish: filicida
Volapük: cilisasen

a person who has killed a child

Armenian: մանկասպան (hy) ‎(mankaspan), որդեսպան (hy) ‎(ordespan), տղայասպան (hy) ‎(tłayaspan)
Old Armenian: մանկասպան ‎(mankaspan), որդեսպան ‎(ordespan), տղայասպան ‎(tłayaspan)
Dutch: kindermoordenaar m, kindermoordenares f
Estonian: lapsetapja
Finnish: lapsenmurhaaja
French: infanticide (fr) m
German: Kindesmörder m, Kindesmörderin f

Hungarian: gyermekgyilkos (hu), csecsemőgyilkos
Icelandic: barnsmorðingi n
Portuguese: infanticida (pt) m, f
Russian: детоуби́йца (ru) m, f ‎(detoubíjca)
Spanish: infanticida
Volapük: (♂♀) cilisasenan, (♂) cilihisasenan, (f♀) cilijisasenan

Italian

Noun

infanticide f

plural of infanticida

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Infanticide

INFANT'ICIDE

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