giljotin

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French guillotine.

Noun

giljotin m (definite singular giljotinen, indefinite plural giljotiner, definite plural giljotinene)

1. 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)

1. a guillotine (machine used for beheading people)

References

• “giljotin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From French guillotine.

Noun

giljotin c

1. a guillotine; a machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation
2. a guillotine; a paper cutting machine

Declension

Declension of giljotin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	giljotin	giljotinen	giljotiner	giljotinerna
Genitive	giljotins	giljotinens	giljotiners	giljotinernas

Synonyms

for capital punishment

• fallbila

paper cutter

• skärapparat
• skärmaskin

References

• giljotin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• giljotin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• giljotin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)