supplice
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin supplicium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.plis/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -is
Noun
supplice m (plural supplices)
- torture (especially a punishment resulting in death)
- Synonym: torture
- supplice de la roue ― the wheel, the breaking wheel
- supplice de la goutte d’eau ― Chinese water torture
- supplice de Tantale ― (literally) the punishment of Tantalus; (figuratively) frustration due to something being out of reach
- supplice du fouet ― whipping
- supplice de la marque ― branding
- supplice du carcan ― the pillory
- supplice du gibet ― hanging
- torment (physical or mental)
- Synonym: torture
- J’ai une migraine, c’est un vrai supplice ! ― I have a migraine; it's absolute torture!
- capital punishment
Derived terms
Further reading
- “supplice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.