genocídio

Meaning

1. (masculine) genocide (systematic killing of substantial numbers of people)
2. (masculine) a great slaughter; carnage; massacre

Concepts

genocide

holocaust

massacre

mow down

race murder

slaughter

social status

racial extermination

Synonyms

massacrar

extermínio

holocausto

Genocídios

Translations

génocide

genocidio

genocidio

genocidi

Völkermord

γενοκτονία

genocide

soykırım

volkerenmoord

Genozid

genocidi

القتل العرقي

volkenmoord

genoktonía

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒe.noˈsi.d͡ʒi.u/

Etymology

Coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1943. From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) or Latin gēns (“tribe, clan”) + -cídio (“kill”).