executie

See also: execuție

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin executio, an agent noun from exequi (to follow out), from out + sequor (follow); executeren + -tie

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: exe‧cu‧tie

Noun

executie f (plural executies)

  1. execution
    De politie in het Amerikaanse Webster (Texas) sluit niet uit dat een jongen die zichzelf ophing de executie van Saddam Hussein nadeed. The police in the American town of Webster (Texas) do not discard the possibility that a youngster, who hanged himself, imitated the execution of Saddam Hussein.
    (Het Algemeen Dagblad, 4 January 2007)

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.