fratricídio
Portuguese, noun/fɾa.tɾiˈsi.d͡ʒju/
fratricídio is spelled F-R-A-T-R-I-C-Í-D-I-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese, the 144,068th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fratricídio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fratricide (killing of one’s sibling)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “homicídio contra o próprio irmão ou irmã”.
What does fratricídio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefratricide (killing of one’s sibling)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. homicídio contra o próprio irmão ou irmã 2. homicídio contra pessoas de um mesmo grupo social, etnia ou nação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fratricídio
- fratricídios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fratricídio?
- Brazil /fɾa.tɾiˈsi.d͡ʒju/
- Portugal /fɾɐ.tɾiˈsi.dju/
- Portugal [fɾɐ.tɾiˈsi.ðju]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fratricídio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fratricídio in Portuguese?
fratricídio appears about once in every 24 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).