giljotin
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French guillotine.
Noun
giljotin m (definite singular giljotinen, indefinite plural giljotiner, definite plural giljotinene)
- a guillotine (machine used for beheading people)
References
- “giljotin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “giljotin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French guillotine.
Noun
giljotin m (definite singular giljotinen, indefinite plural giljotinar, definite plural giljotinane)
- a guillotine (machine used for beheading people)
References
- “giljotin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From French guillotine.
Noun
giljotin c
- a guillotine; a machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation
- a guillotine; a paper cutting machine
Declension
Declension of giljotin
Synonyms
- for capital punishment
- paper cutter