guillotine

guil·lo·tine

 (gĭl′ə-tēn′, gē′ə-)

n.

1. A device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead a person condemned to die.

2. An instrument, such as a paper cutter, similar in action to a guillotine.

tr.v. guil·lo·tined, guil·lo·tin·ing, guil·lo·tines

1. To behead with a guillotine.

2. To cut with a guillotine or sharp blade.

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[French, after Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), French physician.]

Word History: Ironically, the guillotine—the most notable symbol of the excesses of the French Revolution—was named for a humanitarian physician, Joseph Ignace Guillotin. On October 10, 1789, in a speech given before the French National Constituent Assembly (the legislature that governed France at the time), Guillotin recommended that executions be performed with a beheading device rather than by hanging, the method traditionally used for commoners, or by beheading with the sword, the method traditionally reserved for the nobility. Guillotin argued that beheading by machine was quicker and less painful than the work of the rope and the sword. In 1791 the Assembly did indeed adopt beheading by machine as the state's preferred method of execution. A beheading device designed by Dr. Antoine Louis, secretary of the College of Surgeons, was first used on April 25, 1792, to execute a highwayman. The device was called a louisette or louison after its inventor's name, but because of Guillotin's famous speech, his name became irrevocably associated with the machine. After Guillotin's death in 1814, his children tried unsuccessfully to get the device's name changed. When their efforts failed, they were allowed to change their name instead.

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guillotine

n

1. (Law)

a. a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts

b. the guillotine execution by this instrument

2. (Mechanical Engineering) a device for cutting or trimming sheet material, such as paper or sheet metal, consisting of a blade inclined at a small angle that descends onto the sheet

3. (Surgery) a surgical instrument for removing tonsils, growths in the throat, etc

4. (Parliamentary Procedure) Also called: closure by compartment (in Parliament, etc) a form of closure under which a bill is divided into compartments, groups of which must be completely dealt with each day

vb (tr)

5. (Law) to behead (a person) by guillotine

6. (Parliamentary Procedure) (in Parliament, etc) to limit debate on (a bill, motion, etc) by the guillotine

[C18: from French, named after Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), French physician, who advocated its use in 1789]

ˌguilloˈtiner n

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guil•lo•tine

art at guild

(ˈgɪl əˌtin, ˈgi ə-; esp. for v. ˌgɪl əˈtin, ˌgi ə-)

n., v. -tined, -tin•ing. n.

1. a device for beheading a person, consisting of a heavy blade that drops between two posts serving to guide its fall.

2. any of various machines or instruments that cut powerfully and quickly, esp. one with a blade that drops vertically, as for trimming metal, paper, etc.

v.t.

3. to behead by the guillotine.

4. to cut with or as if with a guillotine.

[1785–95; < French, after J. I. Guillotin (1738–1814), French physician who urged its use]

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guillotine

Past participle: guillotined
Gerund: guillotining

Imperative

guillotine

guillotine

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guillotine

An execution machine named for its inventor and first used in April 1792. Also called “the national razor.”

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	guillotine - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill closure by compartment cloture, gag law, gag rule, closure - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
	2.	guillotine - instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person
Verb	1.	guillotine - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country" behead, decapitate, decollate - cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

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Translations

آلة قص الأوراقمِقصَلَهيَقْطَعُ رأس

gilotinagilotinovatřezačkaseříznoutuříznout

guillotineguillotinerehalshuggeskæreskæremaskine

GuillotineguillotinierenPapierschneidemaschine

γκιλοτίναλαιμητόμος

guillotinemassicot

guillotinenyaktilópapírvágó géplenyakaz

fallöxi-höggva; skerapappírsskeri

ghigliottinaghigliottinaretagliaretaglierinadibattito con tempo limitato

giljotinagiljotinuotipjaustomoji mašina

giljotīnagiljotinētpapīra griežamā mašīna

falløksgiljotingiljotinereskjæreknivskjæremaskin

гильотина

gilotínarezačkasťať gilotínou

giyotingiyotinle idam etmekkâğıt kesme bıçağı

切纸机斩首断头台用切纸机切纸

guillotine

[ˌgɪləˈtiːn]

A. N → guillotina f

B. VT → guillotinar

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guillotine

[ˈgɪlətiːn] n

(for executions) → guillotine f
to go to the guillotine → aller à la guillotine

(for paper) → massicot m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

guillotine

n

→ Guillotine f, → Fallbeil nt

(for paper) → (Papier)schneidemaschine f

(Parl) → Beschränkung f → der Diskussionszeit

vt

person → mit der Guillotine or dem Fallbeil hinrichten

paper → schneiden

(Parl) bill → die Diskussionszeit einschränken für

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guillotine

[gɪləˈtiːn] n → ghigliottina; (for paper) → taglierina

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guillotine

(ˈgilətiːn) noun

1. in France, an instrument for cutting criminals' heads off. guillotine, valbyl مِقصَلَه гилотина guilhotina gilotina die Guillotine guillotine γκιλοτίνα guillotina giljotiin گیوتین giljotiini guillotine גִיליוֹטִינָה गिलोटिन giljotina nyaktiló, guillotine gilotin fallöxi ghigliottina 断頭台 단두대 giljotina giljotīna gilotin; pemenggal kepala guillotine, valbijl falløks, giljotingilotyna ګيوټين، دتورنو ( مجرمينو ) دسر پرې كولو ماشين چې دفرانسوى جوزف ګيوټين له خوا اختراع شوى دى: دماشين دپرې كولو ماشين، (په جراحى كې) داډيو دپرې كولو سامان guilhotina ghilo­tină гильотина gilotína giljotina giljotina giljotin เครื่องประหารชีวิต giyotin 斷頭台 гільйотина گلاکاٹ مشین máy chém 断头台

2. a machine for cutting paper. snymasjien آلة قص الأوراق резачка guilhotina řezačka die Papierschneidemaschine skæremaskine μηχανή κοπής σελίδων guillotina paberilõikur ماشین کاغذ بری paperileikkuri massicot גִיליוֹטִינָה कर्तन यंत्र rezač papira papírvágó gép pemotong kertas pappírsskeri tagliacarte 裁断機 (종이, 금속 등의) 재단기 pjaustomoji mašina papīra griežamā mašīna pemotong kertas papiersnijmachine skjæremaskin/-kniv krajarka دپرې كولو سامان guilhotina maşină de tăiat hârtie резальная машина rezačka stroj za obrezovanje papirja sekač papira skärmaskin เครื่องตัดกระดาษ giyotin, kâğıt kesme bıçağı 切紙機 машина для різання паперу کاغذ کاٹنے کی مشین máy xén 切纸机

verb

to cut the head off (a person) or to cut (paper) with a guillotine. onthoof, afsny يَقْطَعُ رأس обезглавявам guilhotinar gilotinovat; seříznout, uříznout guillotinieren guillotinere; halshugge; skære αποκεφαλίζω, κόβω χαρτί guillotinar giljotineerima با گیوتین اعدام کردن؛ با دستگاه برش کاغذ بریدن mestata guillotiner; massicoter לַעֲרוֹף ראש בְּגִיליוֹטִינָה कर्तन करना giljotinirati lenyakaz memotong dengan gilotin (háls)-höggva; skera ghigliottinare ギロチンで首を切る 자르다 giljotinuoti, (su)pjaustyti giljotinēt memotong onthoofden; snijdengiljotinere; beskjære (ś)cić دسر پرې كولو ماشين guilhotinar a ghilotina; a tăia hârtie гильотинировать; обрезать sťať gilotínou obglaviti; obrezati papir odrubiti glavu giljotinera, skära ตัดหัวหรือกระดาษโดยใช้เครื่องมือคล้ายกิโยติน giyotinle idam etmek 斷頭，用切紙機切 гільйотинувати مشین سے کسی شخص کا سر یا کاغذ کاٹنا chém đầu; xén giấy 斩首，用切纸机切纸

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guil·lo·tine

n. guillotina, instrumento quirúrgico.

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