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French

Detailed Translations for potence from French to English

potence:

potence [la ~] nomen

  1. la potence (gibet)
    the gibbet; the gallows

Translation Matrix for potence:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
gallows gibet; potence échafaud
gibbet gibet; potence

Synonyms for "potence":


Wiktionary Translations for potence:

potence
noun
  1. assemblage de trois pièces de bois ou de fer, dont une est dresser verticalement, une autre est posée horizontalement sur la premier, et la troisième soutenir l’extrémité de celle-ci.
potence
noun
  1. upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
  2. wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
potence gallows; gibbet Galgen — Vorrichtung zum Vollzug der Todesstrafe durch Erhängen

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