Decapitate

English

Etymology

From French décapiter, from Late Latin decapitare, from de- + caput.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈkapɪteɪt/

Verb

Infinitive to Decapitate

Third person singular decapitat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Decapitate (third-person singular simple present decapitat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To remove the head of.

Synonyms

• behead

Translations

remove the head of

Bulgarian: обезглавявам bg(bg) Catalan: decapitar ca(ca) Dutch: onthoofden nl(nl) Finnish: katkaista kaula (+ ablative); (as in an execution, carried out by an authority) mestata French: décapiter fr(fr)

German: enthaupten de(de), köpfen de(de) Italian: decapitare it(it) Slovene: obglaviti sl(sl) Spanish: decapitar es(es) Thai: ตัดศีรษะ th(th) (tad-see-sa)

Derived terms

• decapitation

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Italian

Verb form

decapitate

1. second person plural present tense and imperative of decapitare

et:decapitate el:decapitate fa:decapitate fr:decapitate ko:decapitate kn:decapitate nl:decapitate ta:decapitate vi:decapitate zh:decapitate