impale

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• Received-Pronunciation, US: /ɪmˈpeɪl/
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• rhymes with -eɪl
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P EY1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French, from Medieval Latin impālāre, from Latin palus, whence also pale.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: набивам на кол (nabivam na kol) — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Catalan: empalar — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Danish: spidde — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Dutch: spietsen — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Finnish: seivästää — put to death by piercing with a pale
• French: empaler — put to death by piercing with a pale
• German: pfählen — put to death by piercing with a pale
• German: erstechen — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Greek: ανασκολοπίζω (anaskolopízo) — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Hungarian: karóba húz — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Icelandic: stjaksetja — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Icelandic: stinga á tein — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Icelandic: setja á nál — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Italian: impalare — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Macedonian: набива (nabiva) — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Macedonian: набодува (naboduva) — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Polish: wbijać na pal — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Polish: wbić na pal — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Polish: nadziewać na pal — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Polish: nadziać na pal — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Polish: nabijać na pal — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Polish: nabić na pal — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Portuguese: empalar — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Russian: сажа́ть на́ кол (sažátʹ ná kol) — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Russian: посади́ть на́ кол (posadítʹ ná kol) — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Serbo-Croatian: nabiti na kolac — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Spanish: empalar — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیقلامق (kazıklamak) — put to death by piercing with a pale
• Bulgarian: пробождам (proboždam) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Bulgarian: пронизвам (pronizvam) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Bulgarian: пробода (proboda) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Bulgarian: пронижа (proniža) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Bulgarian: нанижа (naniža) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Bulgarian: нанизвам (nanizvam) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Danish: spidde — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Dutch: doorboren — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Finnish: keihästää — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Finnish: seivästää — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• French: empaler — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• German: aufspießen — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Greek: καρφώνω (karfóno) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Icelandic: reka í gegn — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Macedonian: набодува (naboduva) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Māori: kōhiku — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Old Norse: leggja — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Russian: протыка́ть (protykátʹ) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Russian: проткну́ть (protknútʹ) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Russian: пронза́ть (pronzátʹ) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Russian: пронзи́ть (pronzítʹ) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Russian: прока́лывать (prokályvatʹ) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Russian: проколо́ть (prokolótʹ) — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Serbo-Croatian: nabosti — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Serbo-Croatian: probosti — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Spanish: empalar — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Spanish: ensartar — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Spanish: atravesar — pierce something with any long, pointed object
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیقلامق (kazıklamak) — pierce something with any long, pointed object