supplice

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supplicium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.plis/

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• Rhymes: -is

Noun

supplice m (plural supplices)

1. torture (especially a punishment resulting in death)

   Le supplice de la roue, du fouet, de la marque, du carcan, du gibet.

2. torment (physical or mental)

   J’ai une migraine, c'est un vrai supplice !

Derived terms

• supplicié
• supplicier

Further reading

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

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) supplice

1. ablative singular of supplex