English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'gæl��z/

Etymology 1
Old English gealga|Ä¡ealga.

Noun
en-noun|plgallows|pl2gallowses

1. wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|�ش��ة (mišnaqa)
Chinese: ��� (jiaoxingjia), �� (jiaotai)
Dutch: galg
Estonian: võllas
Finnish: t|fi|hirsipuu
French: gibet m, potence f
German: Galgen m (1)
Hungarian: akasztófa
Italian: impiccagione
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Japanese: ��� (������, koushukei)
Norwegian: galge m
Polish: szubienica f
Portuguese: forca
Serbian: šibenica f, vešala f
Slovak: Å¡ibenica f
Spanish: horca
Swedish: galge c

See also
gibbet

Etymology 2

Verb
gallows

1. third-person singular of|gallow

fa:gallows
fr:gallows
io:gallows
it:gallows
lt:gallows
hu:gallows
pl:gallows
ru:gallows
fi:gallows
ta:gallows
te:gallows
vi:gallows
zh:gallows

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