Schafott

scaffold (for executing people)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃaˈfɔt/

Etymology

16th century, at first in the more general sense of “stage, podium”, from Dutch schavot, from Middle Dutch scavot, scafaut, from Old French eschafaud, variant of chafaud, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, probably derived from Latin fala. Doublet of Katafalk.

Concepts

scaffold

gallows

guillotine

Synonyms

Blutgerüst

Galgen

Qual

Strafe

Richtplatz

Folter

Arbeitsbühne

Guillotine

Translations

schavot

szafot

échafaud

ικρίωμα

cadafalso

patibolo

cadalso

patíbulo

andamiada

horca

iskele

scène

pulpitum

catasta

patíbulo