English
Etymology
From behead -ing
Verb
beheading
present participle of behead
Noun
beheading (plural beheadings
An instance of a person being beheaded .
A large crowd gathered to see the beheading . The guillotine was meant to humanize beheadings , but allowed the French Revolution to execute people at an industrial rate.
Synonyms
Translations
an instance of beheading
Chinese:
Mandarin: 斬首 ／ 斩首 (zh) ( zhǎnshǒu ) , 斩首 (zh) ( zhǎnshǒu ) , 斬罪 ／ 斩罪 (zh) , 斩罪 (zh) ( zhǎnzuì ) , 斷頭 ／ 断头 (zh) ( duàntóu ) , 断头 (zh) ( duàntóu ) , 杀头 (zh) ( shātóu ) , 殺頭 ／ 杀头 (zh) ( shātóu ) , 問斬 ／ 问斩 (zh) ( wènzhǎn ) , 问斩 (zh) ( wènzhǎn )
Czech: dekapitace (cs) f stětí n
Danish: halshugning c
Dutch: onthoofding (nl)
Esperanto: senkapigo
Estonian: pea maha raiumine
Finnish: mestaus (fi)
French: décapitation (fr)
German: Enthauptung (de) f
Greek: αποκεφαλισμός (el) m ( apokefalismós )
Hebrew: עריפה (he) f ( a'rifa )
Hungarian: lefejezés
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Italian: decapitazione (it) f
Japanese: 打ち首 ( uchikubi )
Khmer: ការកាត់ក្បាល ( kaa kat kbaal )
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Macedonian: обезглавување n ( obezglavuvanje )
Polish: ścięcie (pl) n kęsim (pl) n
Portuguese: decapitação (pt) f
Russian: обезгла́вливание (ru) n ( obezglávlivanije )
Scottish Gaelic: dì-cheannadh m
Spanish: decapitación f degüello (es) m descabezamiento (es) m
Swedish: halshuggning (sv) c
Turkish: boynunu vurma
See also