different between garrot vs garrotte

English

Etymology 1

French garrot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æ??t/

Noun

garrot (plural garrots)

1. A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.

   The Army doctor used a garrot to stop the bleeding from the injured soldier's wound.

Verb

garrot (third-person singular simple present garrots, present participle garroting, simple past and past participle garroted)

1. Alternative form of garrote

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin unknown.

Noun

garrot (plural garrots)

1. A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.

Anagrams

• Rogart

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French garrot.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /???r?t/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?a?r?t/

Noun

garrot m (plural garrots)

1. club, truncheon

   Synonym: bastó

2. garrote (an iron collar formerly used to carry out executions)

Derived terms

• garrotar

Further reading

• “garrot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Provençal garra (“leg”) (see jarret) + the suffix -ot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?o/

Noun

garrot m (plural garrots)

1. tourniquet
2. garrot (small wooden cylinder)
3. garrote
4. goldeneye (duck)
5. withers

Related terms

• garroter

Descendants

• Spanish: garrote

Further reading

• “garrot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• garotte
• garrote (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish garrote.

Noun

garrotte (plural garrottes)

1. A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.

   The mob boss was known for executing his enemies with a garrotte of piano wire.

2. (historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.

Verb

garrotte (third-person singular simple present garrottes, present participle garrotting, simple past and past participle garrotted)

1. (transitive) To execute by strangulation.
2. (transitive) To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.

See also

• garrot

Anagrams

• garotter

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: garrottent, garrottes

Verb

garrotte

1. first-person singular present indicative of garrotter
2. third-person singular present indicative of garrotter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of garrotter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of garrotter
5. second-person singular imperative of garrotter

Italian

Noun

garrotte f

1. plural of garrotta