infanticídio

See also: infanticidio

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ [ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/ [ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒi.o/ [ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.fɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈsi.d͡ʒjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɐ̃.tiˈsi.dju/ [ĩ.fɐ̃.tiˈsi.ðju]

• Rhymes: -id͡ʒiu, -idju
• Hyphenation: in‧fan‧ti‧cí‧di‧o

Noun

infanticídio m (plural infanticídios)

1. infanticide (the murder of an infant)

Further reading

• “infanticídio”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “infanticídio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025