behead

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• /bɪˈhɛd/
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• /bəˈhɛd/ weak vowel merger
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• CMU ARPABET: B IH0 HH EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B IY0 HH EH1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English beheden, bihefden, biheveden, from Old English behēafdian (“to behead”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + head.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ (ḍaraba ʕunuqahu) — to remove the head
• Aramaic: ܩܪܩܦ (qrqp) — to remove the head
• Aramaic: ܫܩܠ ܩܪܩܦܬܐ (šqal qarqafṯa) — to remove the head
• Armenian: գլխատել (glxatel) — to remove the head
• Armenian: գլուխը կտրել (gluxə ktrel) — to remove the head
• Aromanian: gushuescu — to remove the head
• Belarusian: абезгало́ўліваць (abjezhalówlivacʹ) — to remove the head
• Belarusian: абезгало́віць (abjezhalóvicʹ) — to remove the head
• Bulgarian: обезглавя́вам (obezglavjávam) — to remove the head
• Catalan: decapitar — to remove the head
• Catalan: degollar — to remove the head
• Chinese Mandarin: 砍頭 /砍头 (kǎntóu) — to remove the head
• Chinese Mandarin: 斬首 /斩首 (zhǎnshǒu) — to remove the head
• Czech: stít — to remove the head
• Danish: halshugge — to remove the head
• Dutch: onthoofden — to remove the head
• Esperanto: senkapigi — to remove the head
• Estonian: pead maha raiuma — to remove the head
• Faroese: hálshøgga — to remove the head
• Finnish: katkaista kaula — to remove the head
• Finnish: mestata — to remove the head
• French: décapiter — to remove the head
• Georgian: თავის მოჭრა (tavis moč̣ra) — to remove the head
• Georgian: თავის მოკვეთა (tavis moḳveta) — to remove the head
• Georgian: თავის წაგდებინება (tavis c̣agdebineba) — to remove the head
• German: enthaupten — to remove the head
• German: köpfen — to remove the head
• Greek: αποκεφαλίζω (apokefalízo) — to remove the head
• Ancient Greek: πελεκίζω (pelekízō) — to remove the head
• Ancient Greek: ἀποκεφαλίζω (apokephalízō) — to remove the head
• Hebrew: עָרַף (aráf) — to remove the head
• Hebrew: הִתִּיז (hitíz) — to remove the head
• Biblical Hebrew: כָּרַת רֹאשׁ — to remove the head
• Biblical Hebrew: הֵסִיר רֹאשׁ — to remove the head
• Hungarian: lefejez — to remove the head
• Hungarian: lefejezni — to remove the head
• Indonesian: memenggal — to remove the head
• Indonesian: memancung — to remove the head
• Italian: decapitare — to remove the head
• Japanese: 首を刎ねる (kubi o haneru) — to remove the head
• Japanese: 斬首する (zanshu suru) — to remove the head
• Japanese: 刎ねる (haneru) — to remove the head
• Japanese: 打ち首にする (uchikubi ni suru) — to remove the head
• Khmer: កាត់ក្បាល (kat kbaal) — to remove the head
• Khmer: កាត់ក (kat kɑɑ) — to remove the head
• Korean: 목을 베다 (mogeul beda) — to remove the head
• Korean: 참수(斬首)하다 (chamsuhada) — to remove the head
• Northern Kurdish: ser jê kirin — to remove the head
• Northern Kurdish: ser birîn — to remove the head
• Latin: dēcollō — to remove the head
• Latin: dētruncō — to remove the head
• Latin: obtruncō — to remove the head
• Latin: decapito — to remove the head
• Luxembourgish: käppen — to remove the head
• Macedonian: обезглавува (obezglavuva) — to remove the head
• Malay: pancung — to remove the head
• Māori: pōuto (i te kaki) — to remove the head
• Māori: whakatumu — to remove the head
• Norwegian: halshugge — to remove the head
• Norwegian: halshogge — to remove the head
• Norwegian: avhovda — to remove the head
• Old English: beheafdian — to remove the head
• Old Saxon: gihōfdon — to remove the head
• Old Saxon: hōfdon — to remove the head
• Persian: گردن زدن (gardan zadan) — to remove the head
• Polish: ściąć głowę — to remove the head
• Portuguese: decapitar — to remove the head
• Portuguese: degolar — to remove the head
• Quechua: qhuruy — to remove the head
• Romagnol: decapitêr — to remove the head
• Romanian: decapita — to remove the head
• Russian: обезгла́вливать (obezglávlivatʹ) — to remove the head
• Russian: обезгла́вить (obezglávitʹ) — to remove the head
• Russian: отруба́ть го́лову (otrubátʹ gólovu) — to remove the head
• Russian: отруби́ть го́лову (otrubítʹ gólovu) — to remove the head
• Slovak: sťať — to remove the head
• Slovak: stínať — to remove the head
• Slovene: obglaviti — to remove the head
• Spanish: descabezar — to remove the head
• Swedish: halshugga — to remove the head
• Swedish: dekapitera — to remove the head
• Tagalog: pugutan — to remove the head
• Tamil: தலை துண்டி (talai tuṇṭi) — to remove the head
• Tamil: கவர் (kavar) — to remove the head
• Tamil: தலை கொய் (talai koy) — to remove the head
• Thai: ตัดศีรษะ (dtàt sǐi-sà) — to remove the head
• Turkish: boynunu vurmak — to remove the head
• Turkish: kafasını uçurmak — to remove the head
• Turkish: kellesini uçurmak — to remove the head
• Ukrainian: обезголо́влювати (obezholóvljuvaty) — to remove the head
• Ukrainian: обезголо́вити (obezholóvyty) — to remove the head
• Ukrainian: обезгла́влювати (obezhlávljuvaty) — to remove the head
• Ukrainian: обезгла́вити (obezhlávyty) — to remove the head
• Urdu: سرقلم کرنا (sar qalam karna) — to remove the head
• Vietnamese: chặt đầu — to remove the head
• Vietnamese: chém đầu — to remove the head
• Welsh: torfynyglu — to remove the head