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carnífice.

executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment)

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaʁˈni.fi.si/Brazil[kaɦˈni.fi.si]Brazil/kaɾˈni.fi.si/São-Paulo/kaʁˈni.fi.si/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment)

    archaic · by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
  2. a cruel and violent person

    by-personal-gender · feminine · literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificem (“butcher”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.