feminicide

English

Etymology

From Latin fēmina (“woman”) +‎ -icide, correcting the grammaticality of earlier femicide.

Noun

feminicide (countable and uncountable, plural feminicides)

  1. Alternative form of femicide, the actual killing of a woman or girl. [1831]

Derived terms

Dutch

Noun

feminicide f (plural feminicides, diminutive feminicidetje n)

  1. femicide
    Synonyms: vrouwenmoord, femicide, gynocide
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