English
Pronunciation
Noun
serial killer (plural serial killers)
- (criminology) 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
Translations
person who commits multiple murders
- Afrikaans: reeksmoordenaar
- Albanian: vrasësi serik m
- Arabic: قَاتِل مُتَسَلْسِل m (qātil mutasalsil), قَاتِلَة مُتَسَلْسِلَة f (qātila mutasalsila)
- Armenian: սերիական մարդասպան (seriakan mardaspan)
- Asturian: asesín en serie m, asesín serial m
- Azerbaijani: seriyalı qatil
- Basque: serieko hiltzaile
- Belarusian: серы́йны забо́йца m (sjerýjny zabójca), серы́йная забо́йца f (sjerýjnaja zabójca), сэры́йны забо́йца m (serýjny zabójca), сэры́йная забо́йца f (serýjnaja zabójca)
- Bulgarian: сери́ен уби́ец m (seríen ubíec), сери́йна уби́йца f (seríjna ubíjca)
- Catalan: assassí en sèrie m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 連環殺手 / 连环杀手 (lin4 waan4 saat3 sau2)
- Mandarin: 連環殺手 / 连环杀手 (liánhuán shāshǒu)
- Czech: sériový vrah m, sériová vražedkyně f
- Danish: seriemorder (da) c
- Dutch: seriemoordenaar (nl) m, seriemoordenaarster f
- Esperanto: seria murdisto
- Estonian: sarimõrvar
- Finnish: sarjamurhaaja (fi)
- French: tueur en série (fr) m, tueuse en série (fr) f
- Galician: asasino en serie m, asasina en serie f
- Georgian: სერიული მკვლელი (seriuli mḳvleli)
- German: Serienmörder (de) m, Serienmörderin (de) f, Serienkiller (de) m, Serienkillerin (de) f
- Greek: σίριαλ κίλερ n (sírial kíler)
- Hebrew: רוֹצֵחַ סִדְרָתִי m (rotséakh sidratí)
- Hindi: सिलसिलेवार क़ातिल (silsilevār qātil), सिलसिलेवार हत्यारा (silsilevār hatyārā)
- Hungarian: sorozatgyilkos (hu)
- Icelandic: raðmorðingi m
- Indonesian: pembunuh berantai
- Inupiaq: iñuaqtuqti
- Italian: assassino seriale m, assassina seriale f, serial killer (it) m or f, omicida seriale m, pluriomicida (it) m or f, pluriassassino m
- Japanese: シリアルキラー (shiriaru kirā), 連続殺人犯 (れんぞくさつじんはん, renzoku satsujinhan)
- Kazakh: сериялық өлтіруші (seriälyq öltıruşı)
- Korean: 연쇄살인범(連鎖殺人犯) (yeonswaesarinbeom), 련쇄살인범(連鎖殺人犯) (ryeonswaesarinbeom) (North Korea)
- Kyrgyz: сериялык өлтүргүч (seriyalık öltürgüc)
- Latvian: sērijveida slepkava m
- Lithuanian: serijinis žudikas m
- Luxembourgish: Seriemäerder m
- Macedonian: сериски убиец m (seriski ubiec)
- Malay: pembunuh bersiri
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: цуврал алуурчин (cuvral aluurčin)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: seriemorder m
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: قاتِلِ زَنْجیرِهای (ġâtel-e zanjire-i)
- Polish: seryjny morderca (pl) m, seryjna morderczyni f
- 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), сери́йная уби́йца f (seríjnaja ubíjca)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: серијски убица m, серијски убојица m, серијска убојица f
- Roman: serijski ubica m, serijski ubojica m, serijska ubojica f
- Slovak: sériový vrah m, sériová vrahyňa f
- Slovene: serijski morilec m, serijska morilka f
- Spanish: asesino en serie m, asesina en serie f, asesino serial m
- Swedish: seriemördare (sv) c
- Tajik: қотили силсилавӣ (qotil-i silsilavi)
- Thai: ฆาตกรต่อเนื่อง (th) (kâat-dtà-gɔɔn-dtɔ̀ɔ-nʉ̂ʉang)
- Turkish: seri katil
- Ukrainian: сері́йний уби́вця m (seríjnyj ubývcja), сері́йна вби́вця f (seríjna vbývcja)
- Urdu: سِلْسِلَہ وار قاتِل m (silsila vār qātil)
- Uzbek: serial qotil
- Vietnamese: sát nhân hàng loạt
- Welsh: llofrudd cyfresol m
- West Frisian: searjemoardner c
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Further reading
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)
- serial killer
- Synonym: assassino seriale
- Hypernym: pluriomicida
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English serial killer.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾi.aw ˈki.leʁ/ [ˈse.ɾɪ.aʊ̯ ˈki.leh], (faster pronunciation) /ˈse.ɾjaw ˈki.leʁ/ [ˈse.ɾjaʊ̯ ˈki.leh]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾi.aw ˈki.leʁ/ [ˈse.ɾɪ.aʊ̯ ˈki.leh], (faster pronunciation) /ˈse.ɾjaw ˈki.leʁ/ [ˈse.ɾjaʊ̯ ˈki.leh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾi.aw ˈki.leɾ/ [ˈse.ɾɪ.aʊ̯ ˈki.leɾ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈse.ɾjaw ˈki.leɾ/ [ˈse.ɾjaʊ̯ ˈki.leɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾi.aw ˈki.leʁ/ [ˈse.ɾɪ.aʊ̯ ˈki.leχ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈse.ɾjaw ˈki.leʁ/ [ˈse.ɾjaʊ̯ ˈki.leχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈse.ɾi.aw ˈki.leɻ/ [ˈse.ɾɪ.aʊ̯ ˈki.leɻ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈse.ɾjaw ˈki.leɻ/ [ˈse.ɾjaʊ̯ ˈki.leɻ]
Noun
serial killer m or f by sense (plural serial killers)
- serial killer (person who commits multiple murders)
- Synonym: assassino em série