carnefice
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin carnifex. Compare archaic Portuguese carnífice.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /karˈne.fi.t͡ʃe/, /karˈnɛ.fi.t͡ʃe/[1]
- Rhymes: -efitʃe, -ɛfitʃe
- Hyphenation: car‧né‧fi‧ce, car‧nè‧fi‧ce
Noun edit
carnefice m (plural carnefici)
- executioner
- Synonym: boia
- torturer, tormentor, persecutor
- Synonym: torturatore
- victimizer, brutal murderer
- (games) hangman
- Synonym: boia
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ carnefice in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian carnefice.
Noun edit
carnefice m (plural carnefici)
Declension edit
Declension of carnefice
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) carnefice | carneficeul | (niște) carnefici | carneficii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) carnefice | carneficeului | (unor) carnefici | carneficilor |
| vocative | carneficeule | carneficilor | ||