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Summary

French to English: more detail...

potence:
- gibbet; gallows
Wiktionary:
- potence → gallows, gibbet
- potence → gallows, gibbet

English to French: more detail...

potence:
The word potence exists in our database, but we currently do not have a translation from English to French.
- Synonyms for "potence":
  potency; physiological state; physiological condition

French

Detailed Translations for potence from French to English

potence:

potence [la ~] nom

la potence (gibet)
the gibbet; the gallows
- gibbet [the ~] nom
- gallows [the ~] nom

Translation Matrix for potence:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
gallows	gibet; potence	échafaud
gibbet	gibet; potence

Synonyms for "potence":

gibet; estrapade; fourche

Wiktionary Translations for potence:

potence

noun

assemblage de trois pièces de bois ou de fer, dont une est dresser verticalement, une autre est posée horizontalement sur la premier, et la troisième soutenir l’extrémité de celle-ci.
- potence → gallows

potence

noun

upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display; a gallows
- gibbet → potence; gibet
wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging
- gallows → potence; gibet

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• potence	→ gallows; gibbet	↔ Galgen — Vorrichtung zum Vollzug der Todesstrafe durch Erhängen

English

Detailed Translations for potence from English to French

potence:

Translation Matrix for potence:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	potency

Synonyms for "potence":

potency; physiological state; physiological condition

Antonyms for "potence":

impotence; impotency

Related Definitions for "potence":

the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse¹

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