féminicide

/fe.mi.ni.sid/

femicide

Le féminicide est un crime grave qui doit être combattu.

Femicide is a serious crime that must be fought.

Law

formal

The killing of a woman or girl because of her gender, often as an extreme form of gender-based violence.

Les statistiques montrent une augmentation alarmante des féminicides dans le pays.

Statistics show an alarming increase in femicides in the country.

This term is used in legal and social contexts to highlight gender-based violence.

Collocations

femicide committed by a current or former intimate partner

femicide as part of a broader pattern of systemic gender-based violence

Use 'féminicide' to emphasize the gendered aspect of violence against women, particularly in legal or activist discussions.

Always use 'féminicide' to refer to killings specifically targeting women due to their gender, not for general homicides.

From French 'féminin' (feminine) + 'cide' (from Latin 'caedere', meaning to kill). Coined to emphasize gender-based killings.

The term is used to draw attention to the gendered nature of violence against women. It is often used in legal, activist, and academic contexts.

féminin

feminine

root

cide

kill

suffix

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais