capital punishment

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1 English

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

capital + punishment, originally by beheading or decapitating

[edit] Noun

Singular
capital punishment

Plural
capital punishments

capital punishment (plural capital punishments)

punishment by death

[edit] Translations

punishment by death

Arabic: إعدام ar(ar) ('i3daam) m., عقوبة الإعدام ar(ar) (3uquubat al-'i3daam) f., عقوبة الموت ar(ar) (3uquubat al-mawt) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 死刑 cmn(cmn) (sǐxíng), 極刑 cmn(cmn), 极刑 cmn(cmn) (jíxíng)
Czech: trest smrti cs(cs) m.
Dutch: doodstraf nl(nl) f.
Estonian: surmanuhtlus
French: peine capitale f., peine de mort f., punition capitale f.
German: Todesstrafe de(de) f.
Greek: θανατική ποινή (thanatiké poiné)
Hungarian: halálbüntetés hu(hu)
Icelandic: dauðarefsing f.

Italian: punizione capitale
Japanese: 死刑 ja(ja) (しけい, shikei), 極刑 ja(ja) (きょっけい, kyokkei), 死罪 ja(ja) (しざい, shizai)
Korean: 사형 ko(ko) (sahyeong) (死刑)
Latin: punitio capitalis (nominative), punitionis capitalis (genitive)
Norwegian: dødsstraff m.
Polish: kara śmierci f., najwyższy wymiar kary m.
Portuguese: punição importanta
Russian: смертная казнь ru(ru) (smértnaja kazn') f., высшая мера наказания ru(ru) (výsšaja mera nakazánija) f.
Slovene: smrtna kazen sl(sl) f.
Spanish: castigo capital

[edit] See also

death penalty

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