gibbet

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• /ˈd͡ʒɪbɪt/
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From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: dar ağacı — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Bulgarian: бесилка (besilka) — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Catalan: forca — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Chinese Mandarin: 绞刑架 (jiǎoxíngjià) — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Dutch: galg — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Finnish: hirttopuu — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• French: gibet — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• French: potence — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Georgian: სახრჩობელა (saxrčobela) — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• German: Galgen — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Irish: croch — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Italian: forca — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Manx: crogh — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Manx: criy — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Polish: szubienica — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Polish: szafot — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Portuguese: forca — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Russian: ви́селица (víselica) — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Spanish: horca — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Spanish: patíbulo — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Spanish: cadalso — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Turkish: darağacı — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Welsh: crocbren — upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
• Bulgarian: обесвам (obesvam) — to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
• Georgian: ჩამოხრჩება (čamoxrčeba) — to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
• Georgian: ჩამოკიდება (čamoḳideba) — to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
• Russian: ве́шать (véšatʹ) — to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
• Russian: пове́сить (povésitʹ) — to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
• Swedish: stegla — to execute (someone), or display (a body), on a gibbet
• Bulgarian: опозорявам (opozorjavam) — to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn
• Georgian: სასაცილოდ გახდომა (sasacilod gaxdoma) — to expose (someone) to ridicule or scorn