carnífice
Portuguese
/kaʁˈni.fi.si/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) executioner person who carries out a capital punishment
- (literary) a cruel and violent person
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin carnificem, carnifex (butcher).
Origin
Latin
carnificem, carnifex
Gloss
butcher
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- carnifex Latin
- carnificem, carnifex Latin
- carnefice Italian