# homicida
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin homicīda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [u.miˈsi.ðə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [o.miˈsi.ðə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [o.miˈsi.ða]

### Adjective

homicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural homicides)
* homicidal

### Noun

homicida m or f by sense (plural homicides)
* murderer

### Related terms

* homicidi

### Further reading

* “homicida”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: homicidas, homicidât

### Verb

homicida
* third-person singular past historic of homicider

## Latin
### Etymology

homō (“person”) +‎ -cīda

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ho.miˈkiː.da/, [hɔmɪˈkiːd̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /o.miˈt͡ʃi.da/, [omiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

### Noun

homicīda m or f (genitive homicīdae); first declension
* a murderer, a manslayer, a slayer of men; a murderess

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* homicīdium

#### Descendants

* Catalan: homicida
* English: homicide
* French: homicide
* Galician: homicida
* Italian: omicida
* Portuguese: homicida
* Spanish: homicida

### References

* “homicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “homicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* homicida in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* homicida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* homicida in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin homicīda.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.miˈsi.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.miˈsi.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.miˈsi.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.miˈsi.dɐ/ [ɔ.miˈsi.ðɐ]
* Hyphenation: ho‧mi‧ci‧da

### Adjective

homicida m or f (plural homicidas)
* homicidal (of or pertaining to homicide)

### Noun

homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)
* murderer; homicide (a person who kills another)
    Synonym: assassino

#### Related terms

* homicídio

### References

* ↑ “homicida”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* ↑ “homicida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin homicīda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /omiˈθida/ [o.miˈθi.ð̞a]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /omiˈsida/ [o.miˈsi.ð̞a]
* Rhymes: -ida
* Syllabification: ho‧mi‧ci‧da

### Adjective

homicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural homicidas)
* murderous, homicidal

### Noun

homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)
* murderer
    Synonym: asesino

#### Derived terms

* arma homicida

#### Related terms

* homicidio

### Further reading

* “homicida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10