supplice

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French

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin supplicium.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sy.plis/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -is

Noun

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supplice m (plural supplices)

  1. torture (especially a punishment resulting in death)
    Synonym: torture
    supplice de la rouethe wheel, the breaking wheel
    supplice de la goutte d’eauChinese water torture
    supplice de Tantale(literally) the punishment of Tantalus; (figuratively) frustration due to something being out of reach
    supplice du fouetwhipping
    supplice de la marquebranding
    supplice du carcanthe pillory
    supplice du gibethanging
  2. torment (physical or mental)
    Synonym: torture
    J’ai une migraine, c’est un vrai supplice !I have a migraine; it's absolute torture!
  3. capital punishment

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Latin

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Noun

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supplice

  1. ablative singular of supplex