femicida

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fēmina (woman, female) +‎ -cida, by analogy with homicida.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /femiˈθida/ [fe.miˈθi.ð̞a] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /femiˈsida/ [fe.miˈsi.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ida
  • Syllabification: fe‧mi‧ci‧da

Noun

femicida m or f by sense (plural femicidas)

  1. murderer (of a woman)