felo-de-se

1. 1.

   a person who kills himself intentionally

   Synonymssuicide

   Broaderkiller
2. 2.

   an act of deliberate self destruction

   Broadersuicide

Questions about felo-de-se

What does felo-de-se mean?

felo-de-se means "a person who kills himself intentionally". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in felo-de-se?

felo-de-se has 3 syllables: fe-lo--de-se. The stress falls on "fe".

What is another word for felo-de-se?

Close synonyms include suicide. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is felo-de-se a common word?

felo-de-se is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.