guillotine

See also Guillotine

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French guillotine, after Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed its use for capital punishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɪlətiːn/ or IPA: /ˈɡiː.ətiːn/

Noun

guillotine (plural guillotines)

1. A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade.
2. A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
3. A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.

Translations

machine used for capital punishment

Catalan: guillotina (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 斷頭台 (zh), 断头台 (zh) (duàntóutái) Czech: gilotina (cs) f. Esperanto: gilotino (eo) Finnish: giljotiini (fi) French: guillotine (fr) f. German: Guillotine (de) f. Greek: λαιμητόμος (el) (laimitómos) f.

Hungarian: nyaktiló (hu), guillotine (hu) Italian: ghigliottina (it) f. Japanese: ギロチン (ja) (girochin), 断頭台 (ja) (だんとうだい, dantōdai) Polish: gilotyna (pl) f. Portuguese: guilhotina (pt) f. Romanian: ghilotină (ro) f. Russian: гильотина (ru) (gil'otína) f. Spanish: guillotina (es) f. Volapük: gilyoten (vo)

device that cuts paper

Finnish: paperileikkuri (fi) French: massicot (fr) m. German: Papierschneider (de) m.

Hungarian: síkvágó (hu) Portuguese: guilhotina (pt) f.

Verb

guillotine (third-person singular simple present guillotines, present participle guillotining, simple past and past participle guillotined)

1. (transitive) To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.

Translations

Translations

French: guillotiner (fr) German: guillotinieren (de) Italian: ghigliottinare (it) Polish: gilotynować (pl) impf., zgilotynować (pl) pf.

Romanian: ghilotina (ro) Spanish: guillotinar (es) Volapük: gilyotenön (vo)

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French

Etymology

After Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed its use for capital punishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɡijɔtin]

Noun

guillotine f. (plural guillotines)

1. guillotine

Derived terms

• guillotiner: to behead with a guillotine.
• fenêtre à guillotine: box sash window