decapitate

English

Etymology

From French décapiter, from Late Latin decapitare, from de- + caput.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈkapɪteɪt/

Verb

decapitate (third-person singular simple present decapitates, present participle decapitating, simple past and past participle decapitated)

1. (transitive) To remove the head of.

Synonyms

• behead
• decollate

Antonyms

• recapitate

Translations

remove the head of

Arabic: قَصَلَ (ar) Bulgarian: обезглавявам (bg) Catalan: decapitar (ca) Danish: halshugge (da) Dutch: onthoofden (nl) Finnish: katkaista kaula (+ ablative); (as in an execution, carried out by an authority) mestata

French: décapiter (fr) German: enthaupten (de), köpfen (de) Italian: decapitare (it) Norwegian: halshugge (no), halshogge (no) Russian: обезглавливать (ru) (obezglávlivat') impf., обезглавить (ru) (obezglávit') pf. Slovene: obglaviti (sl) Spanish: decapitar (es) Thai: ตัดศีรษะ (th) (tad-see-sa)

Derived terms

• decapitation

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Italian

Verb form

decapitate

1. second-person plural present tense and imperative of decapitare