lapidation

English

Learned borrowing from Latin lapidātiō.

lapidation (countable and uncountable, plural lapidations)

(law) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
- 2007 March 6, “International Women’s Day, another day of repression for women”, in 亚州新闻:
  The five women on trial were almost all activists for the full repeal (not just a moratorium) of lapidation, ie stoning, from Iran’s law books.

act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death

Arabic: رَجْم‎ m (rajm)
Armenian: քարկոծում (hy) (kʿarkocum)
Belarusian: пабіванне камянямі n (pabivannje kamjanjami)
Bulgarian: пребиване с камъни (prebivane s kamǎni)
Catalan: lapidació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 石刑 (zh) (shíxíng), 投石刑 (tóushíxíng), 投石 (tóushí)
Czech: kamenování
Dutch: steniging (nl) f
Finnish: kivittäminen (fi), kivitys (fi)
French: lapidation (fr) f
German: Steinigung (de) f, (from Arabic) Radschm m, Lapidation f
Greek: λιθοβολισμός (el) m (lithovolismós)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: megkövezés
Ido: ston-agar
Italian: lapidazione (it) f
Japanese: 石打ち (いしうち, ishi-uchi), 石撃ち (いしうち, ishi-uchi)
Korean: 투석형(投石刑) (tuseokhyeong)
Latin: lapidatio f
Persian: سنگسار‎ (fa) (sangsâr), رجم‎ (fa) (rajm)
Polish: ukamienowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: lapidação f, apedrejamento
Russian: побива́ние камня́ми n (pobivánije kamnjámi), забра́сывание камня́ми n (zabrásyvanije kamnjámi), лапида́ция f (lapidácija), (from Arabic) раджм m (radžm)
Spanish: lapidación (es) f
Swedish: stening (sv) c
Turkish: recm (tr), taşlama (tr)
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Learned borrowing from Latin lapidātiō. Morphologically, from lapider +‎ -ation.

lapidation f (plural lapidations)