crucifixion

See also: crucifixión

English

Etymology

From Latin noun of process crucifīxiō, from perfect passive participle crucifīxus (“fixed to a cross”), from crux (“cross”) + fīgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɹuːsɪˈfɪkʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: cru‧ci‧fix‧ion

Noun

crucifixion (countable and uncountable, plural crucifixions)

1. An execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross and left to hang there until dead.

   Rome used crucifixions as a deterrent, and standard for the 'vilest' crimes, such as slave rebellion.

   • 1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian:

     Centurion: Stabbed? Takes a second. Crucifixion lasts hours! It's a slow, horrible death! / Matthias: Well, at least it gets you out in the open air.

   1. (Christianity, often capitalized) The death on the Cross of Christ.
2. (military, historical, colloquial) The military punishment of being tied to a fixed object, often with the limbs in a stretched position.
3. (figuratively) An ordeal, terrible, especially malicious treatment imposed upon someone.

   The suspects' hostile interrogation amounted to a public crucifixion.

Derived terms

• crucifixional

Related terms

• crucify
• crucifix

Translations

execution by being nailed or tied to an upright cross

• Arabic: صَلْب m (ṣalb)
• Armenian: խաչելություն (hy) (xačʻelutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: çarmıxa çəkmə
• Belarusian: распя́цце n (raspjáccje), распя́цьце n (raspjácʹcje) (Taraškievica), раскрыжава́нне n (raskryžavánnje), раскрыжава́ньне n (raskryžavánʹnje) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: разпя́тие n (razpjátie), разпъ́ване (bg) n (razpǎ́vane)
• Catalan: crucifixió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 釘十字架／钉十字架, 钉十字架 (dīng shízìjià)

• Czech: ukřižování (cs) n
• Danish: korsfæstelse c
• Dutch: kruisiging (nl) f, kruisdood f or m, dood aan het kruis
• Esperanto: krucumado, krucumo
• Estonian: ristilöömine
• Finnish: ristiinnaulitseminen
• French: crucifiement (fr) m
• Galician: crucifixión f
• Georgian: ჯვარცმა (ǯvarcma)
• German: Kreuzigung (de) f
• Greek: σταύρωση (el) f (stávrosi)

  Ancient: σταύρωσῐς f (staúrōsis)

• Hebrew: צְלִיבָה f
• Hungarian: keresztre feszítés (hu)
• Icelandic: krossfesting f
• Ido: krucago (io)
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• Irish: céasadh m, crochadh m
• Italian: crocifissione (it) f, crocefissione (it) f
• Japanese: はりつけ (ja) (haritsuke), 磔 (ja) (はりつけ, haritsuke)
• Korean: 십자가형 (sipjagahyeong)
• Latin: crucifixio f
• Macedonian: распнување n (raspnuvanje), распетие n (raspetie)
• Malay: penyaliban (ms)
• Maori: rīpekatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: korsfestelse (no) m

• Polish: ukrzyżowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: crucificação (pt) f, crucifixão f
• Romanian: răstignire (ro) f
• Russian: распя́тие (ru) n (raspjátije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceusadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: распе́ће n

  Roman: raspéće (sh) n, razapinjanje n

• Slovak: ukrižovanie n
• Slovene: križanje (sl) n
• Spanish: crucifixión (es) f
• Swedish: korsfästning (sv) c, korsfästelse (sv) c
• Ukrainian: розп'я́ття n (rozpʺjáttja)
• Welsh: croeshoeliad m
• Yiddish: קרייציקונג f (kreytsikung)

death of Christ on cross

• Belarusian: распя́цце n (raspjáccje), распя́цьце n (raspjácʹcje) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: разпя́тие n (razpjátie)
• Danish: korsfæstelse c, Kristi korsfæstelse c
• Dutch: de kruisiging (nl) f, de kruisdood f or m
• Esperanto: krucumo
• Finnish: ristiinnaulitseminen
• French: crucifixion (fr) f
• German: Kreuzigung (de) f
• Greek: σταύρωση (el) f (stávrosi)

  Ancient: σταύρωσῐς f (staúrōsis)

• Hungarian: kereszthalál (hu)
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• Irish: céasadh m, crochadh m
• Italian: crocifissione (it) f
• Macedonian: распетие n (raspetie)
• Polish: ukrzyżowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: crucificação (pt) f, crucifixão f
• Russian: распя́тие (ru) n (raspjátije)
• Scottish Gaelic: ceusadh m
• Swedish: korsfästning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: розп'я́ття n (rozpʺjáttja)

ordeal

• Greek: σταύρωση (el) f (stávrosi), σταύρωμα (el) n (stávroma)
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• Hungarian: kínzás (hu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} raspinjanje n, ^{(please verify)} raspeće (sh) n
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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁy.si.fik.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

crucifixion f (plural crucifixions)

1. a crucifixion, death on the cross
2. terrible treatment

Related terms

• crucifier
• crucifié m

Further reading

• “crucifixion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin crucifixiō, crucifixiōnem.

Noun

crucifixion f (plural crucifixions)

1. (Jersey) crucifixion