tyrannicide
/taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/noun
tyrannicide is a noun meaning “The killing of a tyrant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-Y-R-A-N-N-I-C-I-D-E, and it appears about once in every 52 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of tyrannicide is tyrannicides.
What does tyrannicide mean?
noun
- 1
The killing of a tyrant.
- 2
Someone who kills a tyrant.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce tyrannicide?
- US /taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tyrannicide.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tyrannicide
- tyrannicides plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tyrannicide?
Tyrannicide appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Tyrannicide in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense killing of a tyrant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tyrannicide |
| German | Tyrannenmord |
| Spanish | tiranicidio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tyrannicide come from?
From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. Equivalent to tyrant + -cide.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).