executioner

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• General-American: /ˌɛksəˈkjuʃənɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛksəˈkjuːʃənə/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH2 K S AH0 K Y UW1 SH AH0 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English execution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English executioner From execution + -er.

154 source translations are retained for this English entry.

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