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infanticide

/ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.sid/

noun, masculine/ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.sid/plural: infanticides

infanticide (murder of an infant)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnfanticīdium, from Latin īnfāns (“child”) + caedō (“to kill”).

noun, masculine/feminine/ɛ̃.fɑ̃.ti.sid/plural: infanticides

infanticide (murderer of a child, person who has committed infanticide)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnfanticīda, from Latin īnfāns (“child”) + caedō (“to kill”).

infanticide — French Dictionary | Passage