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)
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