knout

knut

Definition

Definition of knout - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

instrument

Rare

fouet à lanières de cuir utilisé pour frapper

Rare

Le dompteur tenait fermement son knout.

martinet

supplice russe

Dated

châtiment corporel pratiqué avec un fouet en Russie tsariste

Dated

Le knout était une punition redoutée dans l'Empire russe.

flagellation

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Origin of knout

russe, knout (fouet)

Examples of knout in a sentence

Le knout était exposé dans le musée d’histoire.
Le prisonnier a été menacé du knout.
Le knout symbolisait la cruauté du régime.

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English:knout, Russian whip, ...
German:Knute, Knout, ...
Italian:knout, knut, ...
Spanish:knut, castigo corporal con látigo usado en la Rusia zarista, ...
Portuguese:chicote, açoite russo, ...
Chinese:皮鞭, 鞭刑, ...
Japanese:クナウト, 鞭打ち刑, ...
Arabic:سوط كنوت, كنوت, ...
Hebrew:קוּט, שׁוֹט רוּסִי, ...
Russian:кнут, порка кнутом, ...
Ukrainian:кнут, батіг, ...
Catalan:knut, ...
Danish:en knut, knut, ...
Dutch:knoet, Russische knoet, ...
Greek:μαστίγιο, ρωσικό μαστίγιο, ...
Hungarian:korbács, kancsuka, ...
Khmer:រំពាត់ស្បែក, ទណ្ឌកម្មវាយនឹងរំពាត់បែបរុស្ស៊ីសម័យចារ, ...
Korean:가죽 채찍, 러시아 채찍형, ...
Polish:knut, ...
Portuguese (BR):knut, chicote knut, ...
Romanian:băț de biciuire, biciuș, ...
Swedish:knutpiska, ...
Thai:แส้หนัง, แส้เฆี่ยนรัสเซีย, ...
Turkish:kamçı, Rus kırbacı, ...
Vietnamese:roi da, roi knout, ...

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