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• /ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/
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From Old French executer (French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor (“to follow (up/through)”, particularly in the sense “to go through with a deed or punishment”), from ex- (“out”) + sequor (“to follow”).

213 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ekzekutoj — to kill as punishment
• Arabic: أَعْدَمَ (ʔaʕdama) — to kill as punishment
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܡܝܸܬ݂ (mamyiṯ) — to kill as punishment
• Azerbaijani: edam etmək — to kill as punishment
• Belarusian: кара́ць сме́рцю (karácʹ smjércju) — to kill as punishment
• Belarusian: пакара́ць сме́рцю (pakarácʹ smjércju) — to kill as punishment
• Bulgarian: екзекути́рам (ekzekutíram) — to kill as punishment
• Catalan: executar — to kill as punishment
• Chichewa: kufétsa — to kill as punishment
• Chichewa: kunyónga — to kill as punishment
• Chinese Mandarin: 處決 /处决 (chǔjué) — to kill as punishment
• Chinese Mandarin: 處死 /处死 (chǔsǐ) — to kill as punishment
• Czech: popravit — to kill as punishment
• Danish: henrette — to kill as punishment
• Dutch: executeren — to kill as punishment
• Esperanto: ekzekuti — to kill as punishment
• Estonian: hukkama — to kill as punishment
• Finnish: teloittaa — to kill as punishment
• French: exécuter — to kill as punishment
• French: mettre à mort — to kill as punishment
• Georgian: სიკვდილით დასჯა (siḳvdilit dasǯa) — to kill as punishment
• German: hinrichten — to kill as punishment
• German: exekutieren — to kill as punishment
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dauþjan) — to kill as punishment
• Greek: εκτελώ (ekteló) — to kill as punishment
• Greek: θανατώνω (thanatóno) — to kill as punishment
• Ancient Greek: θανατόω (thanatóō) — to kill as punishment
• Hebrew: להוציא להרוג — to kill as punishment
• Hungarian: kivégez — to kill as punishment
• Irish: básaigh — to kill as punishment
• Italian: giustiziare — to kill as punishment
• Japanese: 処刑する (shokei suru) — to kill as punishment
• Japanese: 消す (kesu) — to kill as punishment
• Korean: 처형하다 (cheohyeonghada) — to kill as punishment
• Latin: carnificō — to kill as punishment
• Latin: ad necum mittō — to kill as punishment
• Macedonian: погубува (pogubuva) — to kill as punishment
• Macedonian: погуби (pogubi) — to kill as punishment
• Māori: whakamate — to kill as punishment
• Norman: exétchuter — to kill as punishment
• Norwegian Bokmål: henrette — to kill as punishment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avretta — to kill as punishment
• Persian: اعدام کردن (e'dâm kardan) — to kill as punishment
• Polish: stracać — to kill as punishment
• Polish: stracić — to kill as punishment
• Portuguese: executar — to kill as punishment
• Quechua: hayratachiy — to kill as punishment
• Romanian: executa — to kill as punishment
• Russian: казни́ть (kaznítʹ) — to kill as punishment
• Serbo-Croatian: сма̀кнути — to kill as punishment
• Serbo-Croatian: погу̀бити — to kill as punishment
• Serbo-Croatian: smàknuti — to kill as punishment
• Serbo-Croatian: pogùbiti — to kill as punishment
• Slovak: popraviť — to kill as punishment
• Slovene: usmrtiti — to kill as punishment
• Spanish: ejecutar — to kill as punishment
• Spanish: ajusticiar — to kill as punishment
• Spanish: enrodar — to kill as punishment
• Swedish: avrätta — to kill as punishment
• Tagalog: ipapatay — to kill as punishment
• Thai: ประหาร (bprà-hǎan) — to kill as punishment
• Turkish: idam etmek — to kill as punishment
• Ukrainian: стра́чувати (stráčuvaty) — to kill as punishment
• Ukrainian: стра́тити (strátyty) — to kill as punishment
• Volapük: cödetadeidön — to kill as punishment
• Welsh: dienyddio — to kill as punishment
• Zazaki: idam kerden — to kill as punishment
• Zazaki: dard kerden — to kill as punishment
• Arabic: نَفَّذَ (naffaḏa) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Belarusian: выко́нваць (vykónvacʹ) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Belarusian: вы́канаць (výkanacʹ) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Bulgarian: изпълня́вам (izpǎlnjávam) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Bulgarian: изпъ́лня (izpǎ́lnja) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Bulgarian: извъ́ршвам (izvǎ́ršvam) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Bulgarian: извъ́рша (izvǎ́rša) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Catalan: executar — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Chinese Mandarin: 執行 /执行 (zhíxíng) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Chinese Mandarin: 運行 /运行 (yùnxíng) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Czech: konat — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Czech: vykonávat — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Czech: vykonat — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Danish: afvikle — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Danish: udføre — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Danish: eksekvere — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Dutch: bewerkstelligen — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Dutch: uitvoeren — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Estonian: teostama — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Estonian: täitma — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Finnish: toteuttaa — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Finnish: panna toimeen — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Finnish: panna täytäntöön — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• French: exécuter — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Georgian: შესრულება (šesruleba) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Georgian: ასრულება (asruleba) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Georgian: სისრულეში მოყვანა (sisruleši moq̇vana) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• German: ausführen — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• German: durchführen — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Ancient Greek: ἐνεργέω (energéō) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Hungarian: végrehajt — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Hungarian: teljesít — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Hungarian: elvégez — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Hungarian: megvalósít — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Hungarian: kivitelez — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Hungarian: foganatosít — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Ido: exekutar — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Irish: cuir i bhfeidhm — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Japanese: 実行する (jikkō suru) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Japanese: 行う (okonau) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Khmer: ប្រតិបត្តិ (prɑtebat) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Korean: 실행하다 (silhaenghada) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Korean: 행하다 (haenghada) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Central Kurdish: بردن بەڕێوە (birdin berrêwe) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Latin: fungor — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Latvian: izpildīt — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Lithuanian: įvykdyti — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Māori: whakahaere — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Persian: انجامیدن — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Polish: wykonywać — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Polish: wykonać — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Portuguese: executar — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Romanian: executa — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Russian: исполня́ть (ispolnjátʹ) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Russian: испо́лнить (ispólnitʹ) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir an gnìomh — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Serbo-Croatian: извр́шити — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀вести — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Serbo-Croatian: izvŕšiti — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Serbo-Croatian: pròvesti — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Slovak: vykonávať — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Slovak: vykonať — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Slovene: izvršiti — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Spanish: ejecutar — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Swedish: verkställa — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Swedish: expediera — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Swedish: utföra — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Ukrainian: вико́нувати (vykónuvaty) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Ukrainian: ви́конати (výkonaty) — to start a defined process and run it to completion
• Arabic: نَفَّذَ (naffaḏa) — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Catalan: executar — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Czech: provádět — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Danish: udføre — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Danish: eksekvere — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Danish: starte — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Danish: påbegynde — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Dutch: bewerkstelligen — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Dutch: uitvoeren — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Finnish: aloittaa — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Finnish: käynnistää — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Irish: cuir i bhfeidhm — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Polish: uruchomić — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Polish: rozpocząć — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Polish: zacząć — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Romanian: executa — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Russian: выполня́ть (vypolnjátʹ) — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Russian: вы́полнить (výpolnitʹ) — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Russian: исполня́ть (ispolnjátʹ) — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Russian: испо́лнить (ispólnitʹ) — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir an gnìomh — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Ukrainian: вико́нувати (vykónuvaty) — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Ukrainian: ви́конати (výkonaty) — to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
• Arabic: نَفَّذَ (naffaḏa) — to start, launch or run software
• Bulgarian: изпълня́вам (izpǎlnjávam) — to start, launch or run software
• Bulgarian: изпъ́лня (izpǎ́lnja) — to start, launch or run software
• Catalan: executar — to start, launch or run software
• Catalan: arrancar — to start, launch or run software
• Catalan: arrencar — to start, launch or run software
• Danish: afvikle — to start, launch or run software
• Danish: udføre — to start, launch or run software
• Danish: eksekvere — to start, launch or run software
• Dutch: uitvoeren — to start, launch or run software
• Esperanto: plenumi — to start, launch or run software
• Finnish: ajaa — to start, launch or run software
• Finnish: suorittaa — to start, launch or run software
• Finnish: käynnistää — to start, launch or run software
• French: exécuter — to start, launch or run software
• German: ausführen — to start, launch or run software
• Hungarian: futtat — to start, launch or run software
• Icelandic: framkvæma — to start, launch or run software
• Italian: lanciare — to start, launch or run software
• Korean: 실행하다 (silhaenghada) — to start, launch or run software
• Norman: exétchuter — to start, launch or run software
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjøre — to start, launch or run software
• Norwegian Bokmål: eksekvere — to start, launch or run software
• Norwegian Nynorsk: køyre — to start, launch or run software
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eksekvere — to start, launch or run software
• Persian: اجرایدن — to start, launch or run software
• Polish: uruchomić — to start, launch or run software
• Polish: wystartować — to start, launch or run software
• Polish: wykonać — to start, launch or run software
• Portuguese: executar — to start, launch or run software
• Portuguese: rodar — to start, launch or run software
• Romanian: executa — to start, launch or run software
• Russian: прогоня́ть (progonjátʹ) — to start, launch or run software
• Russian: прогна́ть (prognátʹ) — to start, launch or run software
• Russian: выполня́ть (vypolnjátʹ) — to start, launch or run software
• Russian: вы́полнить (výpolnitʹ) — to start, launch or run software
• Russian: запуска́ть (zapuskátʹ) — to start, launch or run software
• Russian: запусти́ть (zapustítʹ) — to start, launch or run software
• Slovene: zagnati — to start, launch or run software
• Spanish: ejecutar — to start, launch or run software
• Spanish: arrancar — to start, launch or run software
• Swedish: exekvera — to start, launch or run software
• Swedish: köra — to start, launch or run software
• Ukrainian: запуска́ти (zapuskáty) — to start, launch or run software
• Ukrainian: запусти́ти (zapustýty) — to start, launch or run software
• Bulgarian: подписвам (podpisvam) — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
• Bulgarian: подпиша (podpiša) — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
• Catalan: executar — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
• Finnish: saattaa voimaan — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
• Hungarian: végrehajt — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
• Hungarian: teljesít — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
• Russian: подпи́сывать (podpísyvatʹ) — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
• Russian: подписа́ть (podpisátʹ) — to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid