murder

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
2. The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
3. The act of killing a person (or sometimes another being) unlawfully, especially with predetermination
4. Something terrible to endure.
5. A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
6. (slang) Something remarkable or impressive.

Verb

1. To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination
2. (colloquial) To defeat decisively.
3. (colloquial) To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
4. To botch or mangle.
5. (colloquial) To devour, ravish.

Concepts

meurtre

assassiner

assassinat

tuer

abattre

homicide

supprimer

égorger

dépêcher

rectifier

homicide volontaire

meutre

crime

violence

frapper à mort

éclabousser

dépecer

opérer

éteindre

divorce

exécution

trucider

mater

neutraliser

démolir

détruire

dévaster

ravager

ruiner

dézinguer

faire la peau

faire l’école buissonnière

liquider

occire

achever

anéantir

interrompre

juguler

écraser

exterminer

faire un massacre de

immoler

massacrer

Coupé comme

mur‧der

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English murder, murdre, mourdre, alteration of earlier murthre (“murder”) (see murther), from Old English morþor (“secret slaying, unlawful killing”) and Old English myrþra (“murder, homicide”), both from Proto-West Germanic *morþr, from Proto-Germanic *murþrą (“death, killing, murder”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tro- (“killing”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-, *mor-, *mr̥- (“to die”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐍂 (maurþr, “murder”), Old High German mord (“murder”), Old Norse morð (“murder”), Old English myrþrian (“to murder”) and morþ.
The -d- in the Middle English form may have been influenced in part by Anglo-Norman murdre, from Old French murdre, from Medieval Latin murdrum (whence the English doublet of murdrum), from Frankish *morþr, *murþr (“murder”), from the same Germanic root, though this may also have been wholly the result of internal development (compare burden, from burthen).
(crows): Attested at least since 1475.

Phrases

Their motives for murder vary .

Leurs motifs de meurtre varient.