serial killer

serial killer

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

serial killer (plural serial killers)

1. 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

• serial killer van

Translations

person who commits multiple murders

Afrikaans: reeksmoordenaar Albanian: vrasësi serik m Arabic: قاتل متسلسل‎ m (qātil mutasalsil) Asturian: asesín en serie m, asesín serial m Azerbaijani: seriyalı qatil Basque: serieko hiltzaile Bulgarian: сериен убиец m (serien ubiec) Catalan: assassí en sèrie m Chinese: Cantonese: 連環殺手 (lin4 waan4 saat3 sau2) Mandarin: 連環殺手／连环杀手 (liánhuán shāshǒu) Czech: sériový vrah m Danish: seriemorder (da) c Dutch: seriemoordenaar (nl) m Esperanto: seria murdisto Estonian: sarimõrvar Finnish: sarjamurhaaja (fi) French: tueur en série (fr) m Galician: asasino en serie m, asasina en serie f Georgian: სერიული მკვლელი (seriuli mḳvleli) German: Serienmörder (de) m, Serienkiller (de) m Greek: σίριαλ κίλερ n (sírial kíler) Hebrew: רוֹצֵחַ סִדְרָתִי‎ m (rotseakh sidrati) Hungarian: sorozatgyilkos Icelandic: raðmorðingi m Inupiaq: iñuaqtuqti Italian: assassino seriale m, assassina seriale f, serial killer (it) m or f, omicida seriale m Japanese: シリアルキラー (shiriaru kirā) Korean: 연쇄살인범 (yeonswaesarinbeom) Latvian: sērijveida slepkava m Luxembourgish: Seriemäerder m Macedonian: сериски убиец m (seriski ubiec) Malay: pembunuh bersiri Mongolian: цуврал алуурчин (cuvral aluurčin) Norwegian: Bokmål: seriemorder m Polish: seryjny morderca m Portuguese: assassino em série (pt) m, assassina em série (pt) f, serial killer (pt) m or f Romanian: asasin în serie m, ucigaș în serie m Russian: сери́йный уби́йца (ru) m (seríjnyj ubíjca) Serbo-Croatian: serijski ubojica m, serijska ubojica f, serijski ubojice pl Slovak: sériový vrah m Spanish: asesino en serie m, asesina en serie f, asesino serial m Swedish: seriemördare (sv) c Thai: ฆาตกรต่อเนื่อง (kâat-dtà-gɔɔn-dtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉang) Turkish: seri katil Ukrainian: серійний убивця m (serijnyj ubyvcja) Uzbek: serial qotil Welsh: llofrudd cyfresol m West Frisian: searjemoardner c

See also

• mass murderer

Further reading

• serial killer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer. Compare assassino seriale, which is a calque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.rjal ˈkil.ler/, /ˈsi.rjal ˈkil.ler/
• Hyphenation: sè‧rial‧kìl‧ler

Noun

serial killer m or f by sense (invariable)

1. serial killer

   Synonym: assassino seriale

   Hypernym: pluriomicida

Related terms

• killer

Further reading

• serial killer on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer.

Noun

serial killer m or f by sense (plural serial killers)

1. serial killer (person who commits multiple murders)

   Synonym: assassino em série