serial killer
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Noun[edit]
serial killer (plural serial killers)
- A person who commits multiple (more than two) murders, especially similar ones with no obvious motive over a period of time with a "cooling-off" period between each murder.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
person who commits multiple murders
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- serial killer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer. Compare assassino seriale, which is a calque.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
serial killer m or f by sense (invariable)
- serial killer
- Synonym: assassino seriale
- Hypernym: pluriomicida
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- serial killer on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer.
Noun[edit]
serial killer m or f by sense (plural serial killers)
- serial killer (person who commits multiple murders)
- Synonym: assassino em série
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