executie

See also: execuție

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch executie, from Old French execution, from Latin exsecutio, an agent noun from exequi (“to follow out”), from out + sequor (“follow”); executeren +‎ -tie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.səˈky.(t)si/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: exe‧cu‧tie
• Rhymes: -ytsi

Noun

executie f (plural executies, no diminutive)

1. execution (act, process or manner of putting something into practice)
2. execution (act of fulfilling a death sentence or killing under summary law)

   De politie in het Amerikaanse Webster (Texas) sluit niet uit dat een jongen die zichzelf ophing de executie van Saddam Hussein nadeed. — The police in the American town of Webster (Texas) do not discard the possibility that a youngster, who hanged himself, imitated the execution of Saddam Hussein.
   (Het Algemeen Dagblad, 4 January 2007)

Synonyms

• terechtstelling

Derived terms

• executiepeloton
• executieverkoop
• schijnexecutie
• uitstel van executie

Related terms

• executeren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eksekusie
• → Indonesian: eksekusi
• → West Frisian: eksekúsje

See also

• doodstraf