carnífice

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificem (“butcher”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈni.fi.si/ [kaɦˈni.fi.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈni.fi.si/ [kaɦˈni.fi.si]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈni.fi.si/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈni.fi.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈni.fi.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈni.fi.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: car‧ní‧fi‧ce

Noun

carnífice m or f by sense (plural carnífices)

1. (archaic) executioner (person who carries out a capital punishment)

   Synonyms: carrasco, algoz, verdugo

2. (literary) a cruel and violent person

   Synonym: carrasco

Related terms

• carnificina

Spanish

Noun

carnífice m (plural carnífices)

1. (archaic) executioner

Further reading

• “carnífice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10