feminicídio

See also: feminicidio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• femicídio

Etymology

From Latin fēmina (“woman, female”) +‎ -cídio, on the pattern of English femicide.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ [fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ [fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒi.o/ [fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /fe.mi.niˈsi.d͡ʒjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.mi.niˈsi.dju/ [fɨ.mi.niˈsi.ðju], /fɨ.mɨ.niˈsi.dju/ [fɨ.mɨ.niˈsi.ðju]

• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧ni‧cí‧di‧o

Noun

feminicídio m (plural feminicídios)

1. (neologism) femicide

Further reading

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