pillory

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• /ˈpɪləɹi/
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• rhymes with -ɪləɹi
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• homophone: pillary
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• CMU ARPABET: P IH1 L ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pilory, pillorie, from Old French pilori, pellori, which is either from Old Occitan espilori or Latin pīla (“pillar”).

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skandpaal — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Asturian: cepu — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Asturian: piquiella — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Bulgarian: позо́рен стъ́лб (pozóren stǎ́lb) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Catalan: costell — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Catalan: picota — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Chinese Mandarin: 頸手枷 /颈手枷 (jǐngshǒujiā) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Chinese Mandarin: 頭手迦 /头手迦 (tóushǒujiā) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Czech: pranýř — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Danish: gabestok — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Dutch: schandpaal — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Esperanto: punpilorio — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Estonian: häbipost — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Finnish: häpeäpaalu — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• French: pilori — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Galician: rollo — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Galician: picota — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• German: Pranger — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• German: Schandpfahl — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Greek: κύφωνας (kýfonas) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Ancient Greek: κῡ́φων (kū́phōn) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Hungarian: pellengér — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Irish: piolóid — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Italian: gogna — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Japanese: さらし台 (sarashidai) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Latin: patibulum — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Lithuanian: gėdos stulpas — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Macedonian: срамен столб (sramen stolb) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Norwegian: gapestokk — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Persian: قاپوق (qâpuq) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Polish: gąsior — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Portuguese: pelourinho — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Portuguese: cepo — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Russian: позо́рный столб (pozórnyj stolb) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Serbo-Croatian: stup srama — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Serbo-Croatian: stub srama — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Serbo-Croatian: stup sramote — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Serbo-Croatian: prànger — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Slovak: pranier — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Slovene: sramotilini steber — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Slovene: pranger — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Spanish: cepo f picota — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Swedish: stupstock — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Swedish: skampåle — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Ukrainian: гане́бний стовп (hanébnyj stovp) — framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
• Danish: sætte i gabestokken — put someone in a pillory
• Dutch: aan de schandpaal zetten — put someone in a pillory
• Dutch: aan de schandpaal hangen — put someone in a pillory
• Esperanto: punpiloriadi — put someone in a pillory
• Finnish: panna häpeäpaaluun — put someone in a pillory
• German: an den Pranger stellen — put someone in a pillory
• Hungarian: kipellengérez — put someone in a pillory
• Hungarian: pellengérre állít — put someone in a pillory
• Norwegian: sette i gapestokken — put someone in a pillory
• Polish: wsadzać w gąsior — put someone in a pillory
• Polish: wsadzić w gąsior — put someone in a pillory
• Dutch: beschamen — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Dutch: vernederen — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Dutch: bespotten — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Finnish: häpäistä — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• German: an den Pranger stellen — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Hungarian: kipellengérez — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Hungarian: pellengérre állít — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Norwegian: sette i gapestokken — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Polish: piętnować — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Polish: napiętnować — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Spanish: poner en la picota — subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
• Dutch: kritiseren — criticize harshly
• Dutch: afbreken — criticize harshly
• Dutch: aan de schandpaal nagelen — criticize harshly
• Dutch: bekritiseren — criticize harshly
• Finnish: soimata — criticize harshly
• Finnish: teilata — criticize harshly
• Finnish: arvostella ankarasti — criticize harshly
• French: mettre au pilori — criticize harshly
• French: clouer au pilori — criticize harshly
• German: anprangern — criticize harshly
• German: an den Pranger stellen — criticize harshly
• Greek: στηλιτεύω (stilitévo) — criticize harshly
• Norwegian: hudflette — criticize harshly
• Polish: stawiać pod pręgierzem — criticize harshly
• Polish: postawić pod pręgierzem — criticize harshly
• Russian: бичева́ть (bičevátʹ) — criticize harshly