avunculicídio

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin avunculus +‎ Latin caedere +‎ -io.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ [a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ [a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒi.o/ [a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /a.vũ.ku.liˈsi.d͡ʒjo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vũ.ku.liˈsi.dju/ [ɐ.vũ.ku.liˈsi.ðju]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.vũ.ku.liˈsi.dju/ [ɐ.vũ.ku.liˈsi.ðju]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bũ.ku.liˈsi.dju/ [ɐ.βũ.ku.liˈsi.ðju]

• Rhymes: -id͡ʒiu, -id͡ʒju, -idju
• Hyphenation: a‧vun‧cu‧li‧cí‧di‧o

Noun

avunculicídio m (plural avunculicídios)

1. avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle)

Further reading

• “avunculicídio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024