impalement

English

Alternative forms

• empalement (obsolete)

Etymology

impale +‎ -ment

Noun

impalement (countable and uncountable, plural impalements)

1. The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
2. (heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield.
3. An enclosed space.

Translations

act of torturing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穿刺 (zh) (chuāncì), 刺穿 (zh) (cìchuān)

• Esperanto: palisumo
• French: empalement (fr) m
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• German: Pfählung f
• Japanese: 串刺し (くしざし, kushizashi)
• Russian: посаже́ние на́ кол n (posažénije ná kol)
• Spanish: empalamiento (es) m