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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
''[[capital]]'' + ''[[punishment]]'', originally by [[behead]]ing or decapitating
From the original meaning of {{m|en|capital||relating to the head}}; originally referring to executions by [[behead]]ing or decapitating.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}
{{en-noun|~}}


# The practice of putting a person to [[death]] as a punishment for a crime.
# The practice of putting a person to [[death]] as a punishment for a [[crime]].
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#: {{syn|en|death penalty}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|punishment by death}}
{{trans-top-also|punishment by death|death penalty}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|dënim me vdekje|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|إِعْدَام|m}}, {{t|ar|عُقُوبَة اَلْإِعْدَام|f|tr=ʿuqūbat al-ʾiʿdām}}, {{t|ar|عُقُوبَة اَلْمَوْت|f|tr=ʿuqūbat al-mawt}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|إِعْدَام|m}}, {{t|ar|عُقُوبَة الْإِعْدَام|f|tr=ʕuqūbat al-ʔiʕdām}}, {{t|ar|عُقُوبَة الْمَوْت|f|tr=ʕuqūbat al-mawt}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մահապատիժ|sc=Armn}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|edam}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մահապատիժ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|edam}}, {{t|az|ölüm cəzası}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|смъртно наказание|n|sc=Cyrl}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|смяро́тнае пакара́нне|n}}, {{t|be|смяро́тная ка́ра|f}}, {{t|be|найвышэ́йшая ме́ра пакара́ння|f}}, {{t|be|найвышэ́йшая ме́ра ка́ры|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|মৃত্যুদণ্ড}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|смъ́ртно наказа́ние|n}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|သေဒဏ်}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|pena capital|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|pena capital|f}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|死刑|tr=sǐxíng|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|極刑|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|极刑|tr=jíxíng|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|死罪|tr=sǐzuì|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|死刑|tr=sǐxíng}}, {{t+|cmn|極刑|tr=jíxíng}}, {{t+|cmn|死罪|tr=sǐzuì}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|trest smrti|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|trest smrti|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dødsstraf|c}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dødsstraf|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|doodstraf|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|doodstraf|f}}
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* Faroese: {{t|fo|deyðarevsing|f}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|deyðarevsing|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuolemanrangaistus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kuolemanrangaistus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|peine capitale|f}}, {{t+|fr|peine de mort|f}}, {{t|fr|punition capitale|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|peine capitale|f}}, {{t+|fr|peine de mort|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სასჯელის უმაღლესი ზომა|sc=Geor}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სასჯელის უმაღლესი ზომა}}, {{t|ka|სიკვდილით დასჯა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Todesstrafe|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Todesstrafe|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θανατική ποινή|f|sc=Grek}}, {{t|el|έσχατη ποινή|f|sc=Grek}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|θανατική ποινή|f}}, {{t|el|έσχατη ποινή|f}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|मृत्युदण्ड|m}}, {{t+|hi|महादण्ड|m}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|मृत्युदण्ड|m}}, {{t+|hi|महादण्ड|m}}, {{t|hi|सज़ा-ए-मौत|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|halálbüntetés}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|halálbüntetés}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|dauðarefsing|f}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|dauðarefsing|f}}
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* Irish: {{t|ga|pionós báis|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|pionós báis|m}}
* Italian: {{t|it|pena capitale}}
* Italian: {{t|it|pena capitale}}
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|死刑|tr=しけい, shikei}}, {{t+|ja|極刑|tr=きょっけい, kyokkei}}, {{t+|ja|死罪|tr=しざい, shizai}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|өлім жазасы}}
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* Japanese: {{t+|ja|死刑|tr=しけい, shikei}}, {{t|ja|極刑|tr=きょっけい, kyokkei}}, {{t|ja|死罪|tr=しざい, shizai}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ទោសប្រហារជីវិត}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|사형}} ([[死刑]])
* Korean: {{t+|ko|사형(死刑)}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|өлүм жазасы}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ປານະທັນ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|punitio capitalis|f}}
* Latin: {{t|la|punitio capitalis|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|nāvessods|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|nāvessods|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|смртна казна|f|sc=Cyrl}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|mirties bausmė|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|смртна казна|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|hukuman mati}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|dødsstraff|m}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|dødsstraff|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|dødsstraff|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|dødsstraff|f}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|اِعْدام}}, {{t|fa-ira|مُجازاتِ اِعْدام}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kara śmierci|f}}, {{t|pl|najwyższy wymiar kary|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kara śmierci|f}}, {{t|pl|najwyższy wymiar kary|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pena de morte|f}}, {{t|pt|pena capital|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|pena de morte|f}}, {{t|pt|pena capital|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сме́ртная казнь|f}}, {{t+|ru|вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния|f}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|pedeapsă capitală|f}}, {{t|ro|pedeapsă cu moartea|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|сме́ртная казнь|f}}, {{t+|ru|вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́ния|f}}, {{t+|ru|вы́сшая ме́ра|f}}, {{t+|ru|вы́шка|f}} {{qualifier|criminal slang}}, {{t+|ru|выша́к|m}} {{qualifier|criminal slang}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|महादण्ड|m}} {{qualifier|literally 'the greatest punishment'}}, {{t+|sa|मृत्युदण्ड|m}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|महादण्ड|m}} {{qualifier|literally 'the greatest punishment'}}, {{t+|sa|मृत्युदण्ड|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|смртна казна|f}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|smrtna kazna|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|trest smrti|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|smrtna kazen|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|smrtna kazen|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|castigo capital|m}}, {{t+|es|pena capital|f}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|castigo capital|m}}, {{t+|es|pena capital|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dödsstraff|n}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dödsstraff|n}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|parusang kamatayan}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|parusang kamatayan}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|ҷазои қатл}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|மரணதண்டனை}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|மரணதண்டனை}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|үлем җәзасы}}
* Thai: {{t|th|โทษประหารชีวิต}}, {{t+|th|ประหารชีวิต}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|idam cezası}}, {{t+|tr|ölüm cezası}}, {{t+|tr|idam}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|idam cezası}}, {{t+|tr|ölüm cezası}}, {{t+|tr|idam}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|ölüm jezasy}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|ölüm jezasy}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сме́ртна ка́ра|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|сме́ртна ка́ра|f}}, {{t|uk|ви́ща мі́ра покара́ння|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|سَزائے مَوت|f}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئۆلۈم جازاسى}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|o‘lim jazosi}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tử hình}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|tử hình}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|deadapönod}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|deadapönod}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|dienyddio|m}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|dienyddio|m}}
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===Synonyms===
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* {{l|en|death penalty}}


===See also===
===See also===
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* {{l|en|execution}}
* {{l|en|execution}}


{{C|en|Capital punishment|Death|Law|Violence}}
[[Category:English 6-syllable words]]
[[Category:en:Death]]
[[Category:en:Law]]
[[Category:en:Violence]]

Latest revision as of 05:06, 22 March 2024

Englisch

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Etymology

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From the original meaning of capital (“relating to the head”); originally referring to executions by beheading or decapitating.

Nomen

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capital punishment (countable and uncountable, plural capital punishments)

  1. The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime.
    Synonym: death penalty

Translations

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See also

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