Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
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Matricide
Synonyms for "matricide" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
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Related words (10)
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Translations
46 translations across 24 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- մայրասպան noun (person who kills their mother)
Catalan
2 entries- matricida noun (person who kills their mother)
- matricidi noun (killing of one's mother)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 弒母 /弑母 noun (killing of one's mother)
- 弒母者 /弑母者 noun (person who kills their mother)
Czech
2 entries- matkovrah noun (person who kills their mother)
- matkovražda noun (killing of one's mother)
Finnish
1 entries- äidinmurha noun (killing of one's mother)
French
2 entries- matricide noun (killing of one's mother)
- matricide noun (person who kills their mother)
German
4 entries- Matrizid noun (killing of one's mother)
- Muttermord noun (killing of one's mother)
- Muttermörder noun (person who kills their mother)
- Muttermörderin noun (person who kills their mother)
Greek
2 entries- μητροκτονία noun (killing of one's mother)
- μητροκτόνος noun (person who kills their mother)
Hindi
1 entries- मातृहत्या noun (killing of one's mother)
Indonesian
1 entries- matrisida noun (killing of one's mother)
Interlingua
1 entries- matricidio noun (killing of one's mother)
Irish
1 entries- marfóir máthar noun (person who kills their mother)
Italian
2 entries- matricida noun (person who kills their mother)
- matricidio noun (killing of one's mother)
Latin
2 entries- mātricīda noun (person who kills their mother)
- mātricīdium noun (killing of one's mother)
Polish
3 entries- matkobójca noun (person who kills their mother)
- matkobójczyni noun (person who kills their mother)
- matkobójstwo noun (killing of one's mother)
Portuguese
2 entries- matricida noun (person who kills their mother)
- matricídio noun (killing of one's mother)
Romanian
1 entries- matricid noun (killing of one's mother)
Russian
2 entries- матереуби́йство noun (killing of one's mother)
- матереуби́йца noun (person who kills their mother)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- majkoubica noun (person who kills their mother)
- majkoubistvo noun (killing of one's mother)
- materoubica noun (person who kills their mother)
- materoubistvo noun (killing of one's mother)
Slovak
3 entries- matkovrah noun (person who kills their mother)
- matkovražda noun (killing of one's mother)
- matkovražda noun (killing of one's mother)
Spanish
2 entries- matricida noun (person who kills their mother)
- matricidio noun (killing of one's mother)
Swedish
2 entries- modermord noun (killing of one's mother)
- modermördare noun (person who kills their mother)
Tagalog
2 entries- matrisida noun (person who kills their mother)
- matrisidyo noun (killing of one's mother)
Ukrainian
1 entries- матеревби́вство noun (killing of one's mother)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.
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