regicide

See also: régicide

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕj'ə-sīd, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.d͡ʒə.saɪd/

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicidium (“king-killing”)

Noun

regicide (plural regicides)

1. The killing of a king.

   Hyponym: tyrannicide

   Coordinate term: reginacide

Derived terms

• regicidal
• regicider

Translations

the killing of a king

Bulgarian: цареубийство (bg) n (careubijstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: 弒君 / 弑君 (zh) (shìjūn) ：Danish: kongemord (da) n Czech: královražda f Dutch: vorstenmoord m, koningsmoord (nl) m, regicide (nl) m Finnish: kuninkaanmurha French: régicide (fr) German: Königsmord (de) m Greek: βασιλοκτονία (el) f (vasiloktonía) Hungarian: királygyilkosság (hu) Italian: regicidio (it) m Japanese: 王殺し (ōkoroshi), 弑逆 (shīgyaku) Korean: 시역(弑逆) (siyeok) Macedonian: кралоубиство n (kraloubistvo) Polish: królobójstwo n Portuguese: regicídio (pt) m Romanian: regicid (ro) n Russian: цареуби́йство (ru) n (careubíjstvo) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: регѝцӣд m Roman: regìcīd (sh) m, kraljoubistvo m, careubistvo m Slovak: kráľovražda f Spanish: regicidio m Swedish: kungamord (sv) n Urdu: بادشاہ کا قتل

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin rēgicida (“king-killer”).

Noun

regicide (plural regicides)

1. One who kills a king. [from 1540s]

   Synonyms: regicider, kingslayer

   Hyponym: tyrannicide

   Coordinate term: reginacide

   • 2014 September 15, Martin Gayford, “There's more to Ming than a vase [print version: 16 August 2014, pp. R6–R7]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎:

     The fact that the Yongle emperor was therefore a usurper, regicide and nepoticide (nephew-killer) made compiling the Veritable Record – or official history – of his reign a most dangerous scholarly post. The official given this ticklish task managed to survive several drafts, finally producing one that pleased his master as it omitted the dead nephew's reign altogether.

Translations

one who kills a king

Albanian: mbretvrasës (sq) m Armenian: արքայասպան (hy) (arkʻayaspan) Bulgarian: цареубиец m (careubiec) Catalan: regicidi m Chinese: Mandarin: 弒君者 / 弑君者 (shìjūnzhě) Czech: královrah (cs) m Danish: kongemorder c Dutch: vorstenmoordenaar m, koningsmoordenaar (nl) m Esperanto: reĝmortiginto, reĝmurdinto Finnish: kuninkaansurmaaja French: régicide (fr) German: Königsmörder m Greek: βασιλοκτόνος (el) m or f (vasiloktónos) Hungarian: királygyilkos (hu) Irish: rímharfóir m Italian: regicida (it) m Macedonian: кралоу́биец m (kraloúbiec) Persian: (please verify) فارسی (fa), (please verify) قاتل پادشاه Polish: królobójca (pl) m Portuguese: regicida (pt) m or f Russian: цареуби́йца (ru) m or f (careubíjca) Serbo-Croatian: kraljoubica, careubica Slovak: kráľovrah m Spanish: regicida m or f Swedish: kungamördare (sv) c Urdu: بادشاہ کا قاتل

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “regicide”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re.d͡ʒiˈt͡ʃi.de/
• Rhymes: -ide
• Hyphenation: re‧gi‧cì‧de

Noun

regicide f

1. plural of regicida