schavot

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schavot, from Old French eschafaud. Cognate with English scaffold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sxaːˈvɔt/

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• Hyphenation: scha‧vot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

schavot n (plural schavotten, diminutive schavotje n)

1. a scaffold where public executions or less commonly corporal punishment or other humiliating punishments took place

Derived terms

• ereschavot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skavot
• → German: Schafott
• → Papiamentu: skavòt, skavot

Further reading

• schavot on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl