carnefice

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carnifex. Compare archaic Portuguese carnífice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /karˈne.fi.t͡ʃe/, /karˈnɛ.fi.t͡ʃe/[1]
  • Rhymes: -efitʃe, -ɛfitʃe
  • Hyphenation: car‧né‧fi‧ce, car‧nè‧fi‧ce

Noun

carnefice m (plural carnefici)

  1. executioner
    Synonym: boia
  2. torturer, tormentor, persecutor
    Synonym: torturatore
  3. victimizer, brutal murderer
  4. (games) hangman
    Synonym: boia

References

  1. ^ carnefice in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian carnefice.

Noun

carnefice m (plural carnefici)

  1. executioner

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative carnefice carneficeul carnefici carneficii
genitive-dative carnefice carneficeului carnefici carneficilor
vocative carneficeule carneficilor

References

  • carnefice in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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