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serial killer

Portuguese, noun/ˈse.ɾi.aw ˈki.leʁ/

serial killer is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “serial killer (person who commits multiple murders)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does serial killer mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineserial killer (person who commits multiple murders)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. ver assassino em série, assassino serial, assassino sequencial, homicida em série, homicida serial, homicida sequencial

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 serial killer

  • serial killers plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce serial killer?

  • Brazil /ˈse.ɾi.aw ˈki.leʁ/
  • Brazil [ˈse.ɾi.aʊ̯ ˈki.leh]
  • Brazil /ˈse.ɾjaw ˈki.leʁ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.