English-Thai Dictionary

guillotine

N เครื่องตัดกระดาษ  paper cutter blade kreang-tad-kra-dad

 

guillotine

N เครื่อง ประหารชีวิต  behead execute decapitate kreang-pra-han-chi-wid

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GUILLOTINE

Guil "lo *tine `, n. Etym: [F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first Louison or Louisette. Similar machines, however, were known earlier. ]

 

1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.

 

2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.

 

GUILLOTINE

Guil "lo *tine `, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guillotined; p. pr. & vb. n.Guillotining.] Etym: [Cf. F. guillotiner. ]

 

Defn: To behead with the guillotine.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

guillotine

guil lo tine |ˈgiləˌtēn, ˈgēə -ˈɡɪləˌtin | ▶noun a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. • a device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal. • a surgical instrument with a sliding blade used typically for the removal of the tonsils. • Brit. (in parliament ) a procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on: [ as modifier ] : a guillotine motion. ▶verb [ with obj. ] execute (someone ) by guillotine. • Brit. (in parliament ) end discussion by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate ). ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738 –1814 ), the French physician who recommended its use for executions in 1789.

 

Oxford Dictionary

guillotine

guillotine |ˈgɪlətiːn, ˌgɪləˈtiːn | ▶noun a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. • a device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal. • a surgical instrument with a sliding blade used typically for the removal of the tonsils. • Brit. (in parliament ) a procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on. ▶verb [ with obj. ] execute (someone ) by guillotine. • cut (paper, card, etc. ) with a guillotine. • Brit. (in parliament ) end discussion by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate ). ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from French, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738 –1814 ), the French physician who recommended its use for executions in 1789.

 

Duden Dictionary

Guillotine

Guil lo ti ne Substantiv, feminin , die |Guillot i ne gijo … gɪljo …|die Guillotine; Genitiv: der Guillotine, Plural: die Guillotinen nach dem französischen Arzt Guillotin (1738 –1814 ), der vorschlug, Hinrichtungen aus humanitären Gründen maschinell zu vollziehen (während der Französischen Revolution eingeführte ) Vorrichtung, mit der jemand durch Abschlagen des Kopfes hingerichtet wurde unter der Guillotine sterben

 

French Dictionary

guillotine

guillotine n. f. nom féminin Instrument servant à couper la tête des condamnés à mort.

 

guillotiner

guillotiner v. tr. verbe transitif Décapiter par la guillotine. : Les révolutionnaires ont guillotiné de nombreux nobles. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

guillotine

guil lo tine /ɡɪ́lətìːn, -̀--́ /〖＜フランス; 1 の使用を議会で提言したJ. I. Guillotinの名から 〗名詞 C 1 ギロチン, 断頭台 ▸ go [be sent ] to the guillotine ギロチンで処刑される 2 (紙 金属などの )裁断機 .3 〘医 〙扁桃腺 （へんとうせん ）切除器 .4 ｟英 ｠〖the ～〗(議会で議事妨害を防ぐための )討論打ち切り .動詞 他動詞 1 ギロチンで 〈人 〉の首をはねる .2 〈紙など 〉を裁断する .3 〘医 〙〈扁桃腺 〉を切除する .4 ｟英 ｠〈議案 〉の討論を打ち切る .