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gallows meaning in French
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| gallows [gallows] (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging) noun [UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz] [US: ˈɡæloʊz] | potence◼◼◼nom {f}You'll end up on the gallows. = Vous finirez à la potence. gibet◼◼◻nom {m} |
| gallows bird (person who deserves to be hanged) noun [UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz bɜːd] [US: ˈɡæloʊz ˈbɝːd] | gibier de potence◼◼◼nom {m} pendard◼◻◻nom {m} |
| gallows humor (comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of a perfectly hopeless situation) noun [UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz ˈhjuː.mə(r)] [US: ˈɡæloʊz ˈhjuː.mər] | humour de gibetnom {m} humour de potencenom {m} |
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