guillotine en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɡɪləˌtin/ (General-American)
- /ˌɡiːjəˈtiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌɡɪləˈtiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɡi(j)əˌtin/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡɪlətiːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French guillotine, named after the French physician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who proposed its use for capital punishment.
Meanings
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(also, figuratively, historical) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
For two-and-twenty years he [Joseph-Ignace Guillotin], unguillotined, shall hear nothing but guillotine, see nothing but guillotine; then dying, shall through long centuries wander, as it were, a disconsolate ghost, on the wrong side of Styx and Lethe; his name like to outlive [Julius] Cæsar’s.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, “The Procession”, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book IV (States-General), pages 143–144:
- (broadly) A device or machine with a cutting blade. ▸ A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
- (broadly) A device or machine with a cutting blade. ▸ An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
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(UK, broadly, informal) A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
The right hon. Gentleman is making a great stooshie about time in relation to this Bill, but was it not the case that, when the SNP [Scottish National Party] Scottish Government introduced their continuity Bill in the Scottish Parliament, they operated a ruthless guillotine to prevent proper scrutiny of it? That is the case; they ran a guillotine on that Bill, and there was a very limited amount of time allowed for debate and scrutiny, yet he complains about that happening here.
2019 October 22, Stephen Kerr, Member of Parliament for Stirling, “Second Reading of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill”, in House of Commons Debates (House of Commons)^(https://web.archive.org/web/20191024000813/https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-10-22/debates/277C5A20-456D-469B-A415-D04AFFD83248/EuropeanUnion(WithdrawalAgreement)Bill), volume 666, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2019, column 860:
- (US, broadly, informal) A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| guillotines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
antiguillotine · Hume's guillotine · guillotine shear · guillotinism · guillotine clause · guillotine choke · guillotinist · guillotine shears · dry guillotine
Hyponyms
uvulotome · tonsilotome · tonsillotome
Translations (85)
ru ре́зательная маши́на (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · he גִּילְיוֹטִינָה (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · uk гільйоти́на (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ka გილიოტინა (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · pt guilhotina (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · mk гилотина (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · be гільяты́на (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · sl giljotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · be гільяці́на (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ia guillotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · hu nyaktiló (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · et giljotiin (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ru ре́зальная маши́на (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · bg гилоти́на (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · az gilyotin (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · lt giljotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · fi paperileikkuri (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · ko 단두대 (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · vi máy chém (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · hi गिलोटिन (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ja 断頭台 (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · nb skjæremaskin (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · cs gilotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · arz جيلوتين (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · de Guillotine (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · hy գիլյոտին (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · sk gilotína (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · fi giljotiini (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · fa گیوتین (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · vo gilyoten (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · pt guilhotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · nn giljotin (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · fr massicot (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · ru гильоти́на (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · vec ghiƚotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · kmr giyotîn (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ky гильотина (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · tr giyotin (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · tr giyotin (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · lv giljotīna (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ca guillotina (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · nl guillotine (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · io gilotino (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · hu guillotine (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · nb giljotin (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · de Papierschneider (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · sv giljotin (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · is fallöxi (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · nrf dgilliotinne (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · kmr meşneqe (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ja ギロチン (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ca guillotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · fr guillotine (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · hu síkvágó (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · eo gilotino (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ms gilotin (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · sh gìljotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · th กิโยตีน (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · pl gilotyna (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · uz gilʼotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · tg гилйотина (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · el λαιμητόμος (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · tl gilyotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · sh гѝљотина (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · lad giyotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · cmn 斷頭台 /断头台 (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · el μαχαίρι (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · kk гильотина (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ar مِقْصَلَة (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · el καρμανιόλα (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · el γκιλοτίνα (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · fi giljotiini (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · es guillotina (device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges) · ko 기요틴 (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · sq gijotinë (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · ro ghilotină (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · de Fallbeil (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · it ghigliottina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · da guillotine (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · yue 斷頭台 /断头台 (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · hy կառափնատ (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · nl valbijl (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · yi גיליאָטין (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · es guillotina (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation) · km ម៉ាស៊ីនកាត់ក (machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation)