supplice de la goutte d'eau

French

Etymology

Literally, “torture of the water droplet”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.plis də la ɡut d‿o/

Noun

supplice de la goutte d’eau m (usually uncountable, plural supplices de la goutte d’eau)

1. Chinese water torture (a form of torture in which water is repetitively dripped onto the forehead of a victim who is restrained)