guillotine

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪlətiːn/, /ˌɡɪləˈtiːn/, /ˌɡiːjəˈtiːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɪləˌtin/, /ˈɡi(j)əˌtin/ Hyphenation: guil‧lo‧tine === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French guillotine, named after the French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who proposed its use for capital punishment. ==== Noun ==== guillotine (plural guillotines) (historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine. (by extension) A device or machine with a cutting blade. A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform. (surgery) An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts. Hyponyms: (for tonsils) tonsillotome, tonsilotome, (for the uvula) uvulotome (law, politics, informal) (British) A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously. (US) A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French guillotiner (“to execute with a guillotine, to guillotine”), from guillotine (see etymology 1) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs). ==== Verb ==== guillotine (third-person singular simple present guillotines, present participle guillotining, simple past and past participle guillotined) (transitive) To use a guillotine (on someone or something). (also figuratively) To execute (someone) with a guillotine. To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine. (law, politics, informal) (British) To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure. (US) To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Notes === === References === === Further reading === guillotine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French guillotine. Named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin. First attested in the early 1790s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɡi.joːˈti.nə/ Hyphenation: guil‧lo‧ti‧ne Rhymes: -inə === Noun === guillotine f (plural guillotines, diminutive guillotinetje n) guillotine Synonym: valbijl ==== Derived terms ==== guillotineren == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡi.jɔ.tin/ === Etymology 1 === From Guillotin. Named after French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who proposed its use for capital punishment. The surname is a diminutive of Guillot. ==== Noun ==== guillotine f (plural guillotines) guillotine (machine) ===== Derived terms ===== guillotiner (“behead with a guillotine”) fenêtre à guillotine (“box sash window”) ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: guillotine → English: guillotine → Finnish: giljotiini → Indonesian: guillotine → Italian: ghigliottina → Ottoman Turkish: كییوتین (giyotin) Turkish: giyotin → Portuguese: guilhotina → Russian: гильотина (gilʹotina)→ Armenian: գիլյոտին (gilyotin)→ Georgian: გილიოტინა (gilioṭina) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== guillotine inflection of guillotiner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “guillotine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French guillotine, Guillot. After Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed its use for capital punishment. === Noun === guillotine (plural guillotine-guillotine) guillotine (machine) === Further reading === “guillotine”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Spanish == === Verb === guillotine inflection of guillotinar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative