empalement

ɑ̃paləmɑ̃

Definition

Definition of empalement - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

perforation

Rare

fait d'être transpercé ou accroché sur une pointe

Rare

L'empalement de l'insecte sur l'épine était accidentel.

perforation

supplice

Rare

action de transpercer quelqu'un avec un pieu pointu

Rare

L'empalement était une méthode d'exécution cruelle dans l'Antiquité.

transpercement

hydraulique

Dated

petite vanne utilisée dans un moulin ou une écluse

Dated

Le meunier vérifie l'empalement avant de faire tourner la roue.

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Origin of empalement

latin, impalare (enfoncer une pique)

Examples of empalement in a sentence

Le film d'horreur montrait une scène d'empalement choquante.
L'empalement était une pratique cruelle dans certains empires anciens.
Il a été victime d'empalement lors de la guerre.
L'empalement doit être ajusté pour réguler le débit d'eau.
L'ouvrier remplace l'empalement usé de l'écluse.

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English:impalement, sluice valve, ...
German:Pfählung, Schützchen, ...
Italian:impalamento, paratoia, ...
Spanish:empalamiento, acto de empalar, ...
Portuguese:empalamento, comporta, ...
Chinese:穿刺, 穿刺酷刑, ...
Japanese:串刺し, 水車や水門で使われる小型のバルブ, ...
Arabic:الانغراز, الوتد, ...
Hebrew:הִתְעַלּוּת, הַכְנָסַת יָתֵד, ...
Russian:пронзание, посажение на кол, ...
Ukrainian:проколювання, посадження на кіл, ...
Catalan:empalament, punxada, ...
Danish:spidning, pæling, ...
Dutch:perforatie, spietsen, ...
Greek:εμπάλεμα, ακρωτηριασμός, ...
Hungarian:karóba húzás, karóba húzatás, ...
Khmer:ការចាក់ធ្លុះ, ការចាក់បង្គោលទម្លុះ, ...
Korean:관통, 말뚝 찌르기, ...
Polish:nabicie na pal, palowanie, ...
Portuguese (BR):empalamento, empalhamento, ...
Romanian:empalare, înfigere, ...
Swedish:uppspetsning, pålning, ...
Thai:การเสียบทะลุ, การเสียบทะลุร่าง, ...
Turkish:saplanma, kazığa oturtma, ...
Vietnamese:sự bị đâm xuyên, sự đóng cọc xuyên người, ...

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Definition of empalement - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Origin of empalement

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