infanticide

in·fan·ti·cide

 (ĭn-făn′tĭ-sīd′)

n.

1. The act of killing an infant.

2. The practice of killing newborn infants.

3. One who kills an infant.

---

[Late Latin īnfanticīdium, the killing of a child and īnfanticīda, killer of a child : Latin īnfāns, īnfant-, infant; see infant + Latin -cīdium and -cīda, -cide.]

---

in·fan′ti·cid′al (-sīd′l) adj.

infanticide

(ɪnˈfæntɪˌsaɪd)

n

1. the killing of an infant

2. the practice of killing newborn infants, still prevalent in some primitive tribes

3. a person who kills an infant

inˌfantiˈcidal adj

in•fan•ti•cide

(ɪnˈfæn təˌsaɪd)

n.

1. the act of killing an infant.

2. a person who kills an infant.

[1650–60; < Late Latin]

in•fan`ti•cid′al, adj.

infanticide

1. the murder of infants.
2. a person who kills infants. — infanticidal, adj.

See also: Killing

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	infanticide - a person who murders an infant liquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
	2.	infanticide - murdering an infant murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Translations

παιδοκτονία

infanmurdo

lapsenmurha

infanticide

čedomorstvočedoubojstvo

infanticidio

infanticide

[ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd] N

1. (= act) → infanticidio m

2. (= person) → infanticida mf

infanticide

[ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd] n → infanticide m

infanticide

n → Kindesmord m, → Kindestötung f; (= person) → Kindesmörder(in) m(f)

infanticide

[ɪnˈfæntɪsaɪd] n → infanticidio

in·fan·ti·cide

n. infanticidio.