patricide

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpætrɪˌsaɪd/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpætrəˌsaɪd, ˈpeɪ-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pa′trə sīd′, pā′-)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pat•ri•cide /ˈpætrəˌsaɪd, ˈpeɪ-/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. the act of killing one's own father: [uncountable]The hero of the tragedy Oedipus is guilty of patricide.[countable]an increase in the number of patricides.
  2. [countable] a person who commits such an act.
See -cide-.cide'>-patr-,
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
pat•ri•cide  (pa′trə sīd′, pā′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of killing one's own father.
  2. a person who commits such an act.
  • patri- + -cide 1585–95
pat′ri•cid′al, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
patricide /ˈpætrɪˌsaɪd/ n
  1. the act of killing one's father
  2. a person who kills his or her father
ˌpatriˈcidal adj
'patricide' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dadd - patri-

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