Executioner
//ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ//
Translations of "executioner" (81 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | therës(the person who carries out the execution), thikar(the person who carries out the execution), xhelat(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | σπεκουλάτωρ(the person who carries out the execution) | spekoulátōr | |
| Arabic | جَلَّاد(the person who carries out the execution) | jallād | |
| Armenian | դահիճ(the person who carries out the execution) | dahič | |
| Azerbaijani | cəllad(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Bashkir | йәлләт(the person who carries out the execution) | yəllət | |
| Basque | borrero(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Belarusian | кат(the person who carries out the execution) | kat | |
| Bengali | জল্লাদ(the person who carries out the execution) | jollad | |
| Bulgarian | джела́т(the person who carries out the execution), пала́ч(the person who carries out the execution) | dželát, paláč | |
| Burmese | အာဏာသား(the person who carries out the execution) | anasa: | |
| Catalan | botxina(the person who carries out the execution), botxí(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 劊子手 /刽子手(the person who carries out the execution), 处刑人(the person who carries out the execution), 杀手(a hit man) | guìzishǒu, chǔxíngrén, shāshóu | |
| Czech | kat(the person who carries out the execution), popravčí(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Danish | bøddel(the person who carries out the execution), skarpretter(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Dutch | beul(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Esperanto | ekzekutisto(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Estonian | timukas(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Faroese | bøðil(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Finnish | pyöveli(the person who carries out the execution), toimeenpanija(someone who executes an act or will) | — | |
| French | bourreau(the person who carries out the execution), bourrelle(the person who carries out the execution), exécuteur de la haute justice(the person who carries out the execution), exécuteur des hautes œuvres(the person who carries out the execution), maître des hautes œuvres(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Galician | buxeu(the person who carries out the execution), verdugo(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Georgian | ჯალათი(the person who carries out the execution) | ǯalati | |
| German | Henker(the person who carries out the execution), Henkerin(the person who carries out the execution), Scharfrichter(the person who carries out the execution), Scharfrichterin(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Greek | δήμιος(the person who carries out the execution), εκτελεστής(the person who carries out the execution), εκτελεστής(someone who executes an act or will) | dímios, ektelestís, ektelestís | |
| Hebrew | תַּלְיָן(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Hindi | जल्लाद(the person who carries out the execution) | jallād | |
| Hungarian | hóhér(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Icelandic | böðull(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Indonesian | algojo(the person who carries out the execution), jalad(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Irish | básadóir(the person who carries out the execution), céastúnach(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Italian | boia(the person who carries out the execution), carnefice(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Japanese | 処刑人(the person who carries out the execution), 刺客(a hit man), 死刑執行人(the person who carries out the execution) | shokeinin, shikaku, shikeishikkōnin | |
| Kazakh | жазалаушы(the person who carries out the execution), жендет(the person who carries out the execution) | jazalauşy, jendet | |
| Khmer | ពេជ្ឈឃាដ(the person who carries out the execution) | peicchĕəʼkhiət | |
| Korean | 망나니(the person who carries out the execution), 사형 집행인(the person who carries out the execution) | mangnani, sahyeong jiphaeng'in | |
| Kyrgyz | желдет(the person who carries out the execution) | jeldet | |
| Lao | ເພັດຊະຄາດ(the person who carries out the execution) | phet sa khāt | |
| Latgalian | kāts(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Latin | carnifex(the person who carries out the execution), carnufex(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Latvian | bende(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Lithuanian | budelis(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Henker(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Macedonian | бе́сач(the person who carries out the execution), гла́ворез(the person who carries out the execution), гла́восек(the person who carries out the execution), извршител(someone who executes an act or will), исполнител(someone who executes an act or will), па́лач(the person who carries out the execution), по́губник(the person who carries out the execution), џе́лат(the person who carries out the execution) | bésač, glávorez, glávosek, izvršitel, ispolnitel, pálač, pógubnik, džélat | |
| Malay | algojo(the person who carries out the execution), jalad(the person who carries out the execution), pelebaya(the person who carries out the execution), pertanda(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Malayalam | ആരാച്ചാർ(the person who carries out the execution) | ārāccāṟ | |
| Maltese | eżekutur(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Māori | kaiwhakamate(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Mirandese | algoç(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Mongolian | зандалчин(the person who carries out the execution) | zandalčin | |
| Northern Kurdish | celad(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Northern Sami | bievval(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Norwegian | bøddel(the person who carries out the execution), skarpretter(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | جلاد(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Pali | vajjhaghātaka(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Pashto | جلاد(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Persian | جلاد(the person who carries out the execution), دژخیم(the person who carries out the execution) | jallâd, dežxim | |
| Polish | kat(the person who carries out the execution), oprawca(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Portuguese | algoz(the person who carries out the execution), carrasco(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Romanian | asasin(a hit man), călău(the person who carries out the execution), executant(someone who executes an act or will), executor(someone who executes an act or will), gâde(the person who carries out the execution), ucigaș(a hit man) | — | |
| Romansch | boier(the person who carries out the execution), hentger(the person who carries out the execution), sbir(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Russian | душеприка́зчик(someone who executes an act or will), душеприка́зчица(someone who executes an act or will), исполни́тель(someone who executes an act or will), исполни́тельница(someone who executes an act or will), кат(the person who carries out the execution), пала́ч(the person who carries out the execution), экзеку́тор(the person who carries out the execution) | dušeprikázčik, dušeprikázčica, ispolnítelʹ, ispolnítelʹnica, kat, paláč, ekzɛkútor | |
| Sanskrit | कालपाशिक(the person who carries out the execution), वधकर्माधिकारिन्(the person who carries out the execution) | kālapāśika, vadhakarmādhikārin | |
| Serbo-Croatian | dželat(the person who carries out the execution), glavosek(the person who carries out the execution), glavoseča(the person who carries out the execution), krvnik(the person who carries out the execution), главосек(the person who carries out the execution), главосеча(the person who carries out the execution), крвник(the person who carries out the execution), џелат(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Slovak | kat(the person who carries out the execution), popravca(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Slovene | krvnik(the person who carries out the execution), rabelj(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Spanish | asesino a sueldo(a hit man), carnífice(the person who carries out the execution), sicario(a hit man), verduga(the person who carries out the execution), verdugo(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Swahili | mchinja(the person who carries out the execution), mchinjaji(the person who carries out the execution), mnyongaji(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Swedish | bödel(the person who carries out the execution), skarprättare(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Tajik | ҷаллод(the person who carries out the execution) | jallod | |
| Tatar | җәллад(the person who carries out the execution) | cällad | |
| Thai | เพชฌฆาต(the person who carries out the execution) | pét-chá-kâat | |
| Turkish | cellat(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Turkmen | jellat(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Ukrainian | кат(the person who carries out the execution) | kat | |
| Upper Sorbian | kat(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Urdu | جلاد(the person who carries out the execution) | jallād | |
| Uyghur | جاللات(the person who carries out the execution) | jallat | |
| Uzbek | jallod(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Vietnamese | người hành hình(the person who carries out the execution), đao phủ(the person who carries out the execution) | — | |
| Welsh | crogwr(the person who carries out the execution), dienyddiwr(the person who carries out the execution) | — |
therës, thikar, xhelat
cəllad
borrero
botxina, botxí
kat, popravčí
bøddel, skarpretter
beul
ekzekutisto
timukas
bøðil
pyöveli, toimeenpanija
bourreau, bourrelle, exécuteur de la haute justice, exécuteur des hautes œuvres, maître des hautes œuvres
buxeu, verdugo
Henker, Henkerin, Scharfrichter, Scharfrichterin
תַּלְיָן
hóhér
böðull
algojo, jalad
básadóir, céastúnach
boia, carnefice
kāts
carnifex, carnufex
bende
budelis
Henker
бе́сач, гла́ворез, гла́восек, извршител, исполнител, па́лач, по́губник, џе́лат
bésač, glávorez, glávosek, izvršitel, ispolnitel, pálač, pógubnik, džélat
algojo, jalad, pelebaya, pertanda
eżekutur
kaiwhakamate
algoç
celad
bievval
bøddel, skarpretter
جلاد
vajjhaghātaka
جلاد
kat, oprawca
algoz, carrasco
asasin, călău, executant, executor, gâde, ucigaș
boier, hentger, sbir
душеприка́зчик, душеприка́зчица, исполни́тель, исполни́тельница, кат, пала́ч, экзеку́тор
dušeprikázčik, dušeprikázčica, ispolnítelʹ, ispolnítelʹnica, kat, paláč, ekzɛkútor
dželat, glavosek, glavoseča, krvnik, главосек, главосеча, крвник, џелат
kat, popravca
krvnik, rabelj
asesino a sueldo, carnífice, sicario, verduga, verdugo
mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji
bödel, skarprättare
cellat
jellat
jallod
người hành hình, đao phủ
crogwr, dienyddiwr
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