fratricide

Questions about fratricide

What does fratricide mean?

fratricide means "a person who murders their brother or sister". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fratricide?

fratricide has 3 syllables: frat-ri-cide. The stress falls on "frat". In IPA it is /ˈfɹætɹəˌsaɪd/.

What is another word for fratricide?

Close synonyms include friendly fire. 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 fratricide a common word?

fratricide is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fratricide?

46 words rhyme with fratricide. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.