Charles I of England was executed by guillotine.
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Guillotine
//ˈɡɪlətiːn//
Synonyms for "guillotine" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (38)
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12 entriesTranslations
100 translations across 60 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gijotinë noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Arabic
2 entries- جيلوتين noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- مِقْصَلَة noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Armenian
2 entries- գիլյոտին noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- կառափնատ noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- gilyotin noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Belarusian
2 entries- гільяты́на noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- гільяці́на noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гилоти́на noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Catalan
3 entries- guillotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- guillotina noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- guillotinar verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 斷頭台 /断头台 noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 斷頭台 /断头台 noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Czech
1 entries- gilotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Danish
1 entries- guillotine noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Dutch
2 entries- guillotine noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- valbijl noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Esperanto
1 entries- gilotino noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Estonian
1 entries- giljotiin noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Finnish
4 entries- giljotiini noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- giljotiini noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- paperileikkuri noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- teloittaa giljotiinilla verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
French
3 entries- guillotine noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- massicot noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- guillotiner verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Georgian
1 entries- გილიოტინა noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
German
4 entries- Fallbeil noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- Guillotine noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- Papierschneider noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- guillotinieren verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Greek
4 entries- γκιλοτίνα noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- καρμανιόλα noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- λαιμητόμος noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- μαχαίρι noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
Hebrew
1 entries- גִּילְיוֹטִינָה noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Hindi
1 entries- गिलोटिन noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Hungarian
3 entries- guillotine noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- nyaktiló noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- síkvágó noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
Icelandic
1 entries- fallöxi noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Ido
1 entries- gilotino noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Interlingua
1 entries- guillotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Italian
2 entries- ghigliottina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- ghigliottinare verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Japanese
2 entries- ギロチン noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- 断頭台 noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Kazakh
1 entries- гильотина noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Khmer
1 entries- ម៉ាស៊ីនកាត់ក noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Korean
2 entries- 기요틴 noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- 단두대 noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- гильотина noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Ladino
1 entries- giyotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Latvian
1 entries- giljotīna noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Lithuanian
1 entries- giljotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Macedonian
1 entries- гилотина noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Malay
1 entries- gilotin noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Norman
1 entries- dgilliotinne noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- giyotîn noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- meşneqe noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- giljotin noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- skjæremaskin noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- giljotin noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Persian
1 entries- گیوتین noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Polish
3 entries- gilotyna noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- gilotynować verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
- zgilotynować verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Portuguese
3 entries- guilhotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- guilhotina noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- guilhotinar verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Romanian
2 entries- ghilotină noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- ghilotina verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Russian
4 entries- гильоти́на noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- ре́зальная маши́на noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- ре́зательная маши́на noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- гильотини́ровать verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gìljotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- гѝљотина noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Slovak
1 entries- gilotína noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Slovene
1 entries- giljotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Spanish
3 entries- guillotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- guillotina noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
- guillotinar verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Swedish
2 entries- giljotin noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- giljotinera verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Tagalog
1 entries- gilyotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Tajik
1 entries- гилйотина noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Thai
1 entries- กิโยตีน noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Turkish
2 entries- giyotin noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- giyotin noun (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гільйоти́на noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Uzbek
1 entries- gilʼotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Venetan
1 entries- ghiƚotina noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- máy chém noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Volapük
2 entries- gilyoten noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
- gilyotenön verb (to execute (someone) with a guillotine)
Yiddish
1 entries- גיליאָטין noun (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Many revolutionaries have been beheaded by the axe of a guillotine.
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Antoine Louis invented the guillotine, which was, however, named after Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin.
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Is the guillotine still used by certain countries?
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