tyrannicide
French, noun/ti.ʁa.ni.sid/
tyrannicide is a French masculine noun meaning “tyrannicide (the killing of a tyrant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui tue un tyran”.
What does tyrannicide mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetyrannicide (the killing of a tyrant)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinetyrannicide (someone who kills a tyrant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne qui tue un tyran. 2. Action de tuer un tyran.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tyrannicide
- tyrannicides plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tyrannicide?
- /ti.ʁa.ni.sid/
- \ti.ʁa.ni.sid\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tyrannicide
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tyrannicide in French?
tyrannicide appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).