guillotine

See also Guillotine

English

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 (cmn), 断头台 (cmn) (duàntóutái)

• Czech: gilotina (cs) f
• Esperanto: gilotino (eo)
• Finnish: giljotiini (fi)
• French: guillotine (fr) f
• German: Guillotine (de) f
• Greek: καρμανιόλα (el) (karmanióla) 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)
• Jèrriais: dgilliotinne f
• 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

• Greek: μαχαίρι (el) (machaíri) n
• 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)
• Greek: αποκεφαλίζω (el) (apokefalízo)
• Italian: ghigliottinare (it)

• Polish: gilotynować (pl) impf., zgilotynować (pl) pf.
• Romanian: ghilotina (ro)
• Spanish: guillotinar (es)
• Volapük: gilyotenön (vo)

External links

• Guillotine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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

Verb

guillotine

1. first-person singular present indicative of guillotiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of guillotiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of guillotiner
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of guillotiner
5. second-person singular imperative of guillotiner

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Spanish

Verb

guillotine (infinitive guillotinar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of guillotinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of guillotinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of guillotinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of guillotinar.