homicide

UK: /ˈhɒmɪsaɪd/

US: /ˈhɑməˌsaɪd, ˈhoʊmə-/

US: (hom′ə sīd′, hō′mə-)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

hom•i•cide /ˈhɑməˌsaɪd, ˈhoʊmə-/   n. 

1. Sociology the killing of one human being by another:
   [uncountable] guilty of homicide.
   [countable] There were two homicides last year.
2. Sociology [countable] a person who kills another.

hom•i•cid•al, adj. See -cide-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

hom•i•cide  (hom′ə sīd′, hō′mə-), n. 

1. Sociology the killing of one human being by another.
2. Sociology a person who kills another;
   murderer.

• Latin homicīdium a killing, homicīda killer, equivalent. to homi- (combining form of homō man) + -cīdium, -cīda -cide
• Middle French
• Middle English 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

homicide / ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd/ noun

1. the killing of a human being by another person
2. a person who kills another

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Latin homo man + caedere to slay