English-Finnish translations for guillotine

• giljotiini
  Giljotiini ja sähkötuoli ovat nykyajan symboleita. The guillotine and the electric chair are symbols of the modern age.
  Arvoisa puhemies, joskus Euroopan parlamentaarista demokratiaa edistetään siten, että kyhätään kokoon giljotiini ja lähetetään kuningas mestattavaksi. Mr President, sometimes European parliamentary democracy makes progress by putting up a scaffold and sending a king to the guillotine.
• paperileikkuri
• teloittaa giljotiinilla

Definition of guillotine

• A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade
• A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken
• To execute, cut or cut short by use of a guillotine

Related words

• guillemot
• Anguilla
• Anguillan
• guillemet
• aiguillette
• guilloche
• guillotining
• anguilliform
• Guillemot/Common Murre