carnefice
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin carnifex. Compare archaic Portuguese carnífice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /karˈne.fi.t͡ʃe/
Noun
carnefice m (plural carnefici)
- executioner
- Synonym: boia
- torturer, tormentor, persecutor
- Synonym: torturatore
- victimizer, brutal murderer
- (games) hangman
- Synonym: boia
Related terms
- carneficina