châtiment

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chastiement, from the verb chastier (whence Modern French châtier), from Latin castīgō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.ti.mɑ̃/, /ʃɑ.ti.mɑ̃/
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Noun

châtiment m (plural châtiments)

  1. punishment
    Synonym: punition
    • 2003, Adeline Rucquoi, Saint Jacques et la France: actes du colloque des 18 et 19 janvier 2001 à la fondation Singer-Polignac [Saint James and France: Proceedings of the Symposium of the 18th and 19th of January at the Singer-Polignac Foundation], Editions du CERF, →ISBN, page 388:
      Le même exemplum y est placé juste après celui décrivant le châtiment tout aussi exemplaire des danseurs en cheval-jupon.
      The same exemplum there is placed just after that describing the equally exemplary punishment of dancers in the hobby horse.

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