"guillotine" meaning in French

See guillotine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡi.jɔ.tin/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-guillotine.wav Forms: guillotines [plural]
Etymology: From Guillotin. Named after French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who proposed its use for capital punishment. The surname is a diminutive of Guillot. Etymology templates: {{named-after/list|physician||||}} physician, {{!}} |, {{lang|fr|Joseph-Ignace Guillotin}} Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, {{named-after|fr|Joseph-Ignace Guillotin|born=1738|died=1814|nat=French|occ=physician|wplink==}} Named after French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} guillotine f (plural guillotines)
  1. guillotine (machine) Tags: feminine Derived forms: guillotiner (english: behead with a guillotine), fenêtre à guillotine (english: box sash window)
    Sense id: en-guillotine-fr-noun-xi8C7PY8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɡi.jɔ.tin/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-guillotine.wav
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} guillotine
  1. inflection of guillotiner:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: guillotiner
    Sense id: en-guillotine-fr-verb-Dwein5gM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 20 54 26
  2. inflection of guillotiner:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: guillotiner Categories (topical): Capital punishment
    Sense id: en-guillotine-fr-verb-cA2uri7r Disambiguation of Capital punishment: 17 32 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: guillotine",
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: ghigliottina",
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