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se_suicider

suicider

English

Noun

suicider (plural suiciders)

  1. (nonstandard) One who commits suicide.
  2. (medicine, social work) One who is planning to commit suicide.
    • 1995, Gavin Fairbairn, Contemplating suicide: the language and ethics of self-harm, page 172:
      Most often discussion would take place during the planning stages or while the suicider is making his preparations, that is, before suicidal steps have actually been taken. [...] A suicide intervener in real life (if he had the nerve) could have a similarly calm discussion with a suicider who had taken an overdose [...]

French

Etymology

From suicide + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɥi.si.de/

Verb

suicider

  1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to commit suicide, to kill oneself, suicide

Conjugation


Norman

Etymology

Compare French se suicider

Verb

suicider

  1. (Jersey, reflexive, sé suicider) to commit suicide, take one's own life

Synonyms