"impalement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-impalement.wav Forms: impalements [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French empalement; equivalent to impale + -ment. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|empalement}} Middle French empalement, {{suffix|en|impale|ment}} impale + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} impalement (countable and uncountable, plural impalements)
  1. The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Torture Translations (act of torturing): خَوزَقَة (Arabic), 穿刺 (chuāncì) (Chinese Mandarin), 刺穿 (cìchuān) (Chinese Mandarin), palisumo (Esperanto), empalement [masculine] (French), empalamento [masculine] (Galician), Pfählung [feminine] (German), 串刺し (kushizashi) (alt: くしざし) (Japanese), spidding [feminine] (Norwegian), nabicie na pal [neuter, perfective] (Polish), nabijanie na pal [imperfective, neuter] (Polish), nawlekanie na pal [imperfective, neuter] (Polish), посаже́ние на́ кол (posažénije ná kol) [neuter] (Russian), empalamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Heraldry, Torture
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  3. A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Torture
    Sense id: en-impalement-en-noun-c7fNbA2u Disambiguation of Torture: 36 30 24 11 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ment, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ment: 25 32 29 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 34 28 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 34 28 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 35 29 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 34 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 28 25 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 23 35 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 32 30 16
  4. (botany, obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.) Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany, Capital punishment, Torture
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: empalement [obsolete]

Inflected forms

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      "form": "impalements",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "The act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake."
      ],
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        [
          "torturing",
          "torturing"
        ],
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          "executing",
          "executing"
        ],
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          "impaling",
          "impaling"
        ],
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          "stake",
          "stake"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Heraldry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The joining of two coats of arms on one shield."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "joining",
          "joining"
        ],
        [
          "coats of arms",
          "coat of arms"
        ],
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ]
      ],
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        "(heraldry) The joining of two coats of arms on one shield."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A space fenced in, such as by palings, possibly in the form of an enclosure or cup."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paling",
          "paling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "en:Botany"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1823, Charles Mead, The School Exercise:",
          "text": "The parts of fructification are seven in number... The First part is the calyx, impalement, or flower cup.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "calyx",
          "calyx"
        ],
        [
          "empalement",
          "empalement"
        ]
      ],
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        "(botany, obsolete) In the sense of an enclosure, the calyx of a flower. (In still older works, also spelt empalement.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "empalement"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "word": "خَوزَقَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuāncì",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "word": "穿刺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cìchuān",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "word": "刺穿"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "word": "palisumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "empalement"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "empalamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfählung"
    },
    {
      "alt": "くしざし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kushizashi",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "word": "串刺し"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spidding"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nabicie na pal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nabijanie na pal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nawlekanie na pal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "posažénije ná kol",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "посаже́ние на́ кол"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of torturing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "empalamiento"
    }
  ],
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    "impalement"
  ],
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}

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