garroter
French, verb/ɡa.ʁɔ.te/
garroter is spelled G-A-R-R-O-T-E-R (8 letters). Garroter is a French verb meaning “to kill by strangulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poser un garrot”.
What does garroter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kill by strangulation
- 2
to tighten using a garrot
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poser un garrot.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of garroter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- garrotant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- garroté participle past
- garrote first-person indicative present
- garrotes indicative present second-person
- garrotons first-person indicative plural
- garrotez indicative plural present
- garrotent indicative plural present
- garrotais first-person imperfect indicative
- garrotait imperfect indicative singular
- garrotions first-person imperfect indicative
- garrotiez imperfect indicative plural
- garrotaient imperfect indicative plural
- garrotai first-person historic indicative
- garrotas historic indicative past
- garrota historic indicative past
- garrotâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce garroter?
- /ɡa.ʁɔ.te/
- \ɡa.ʁɔ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.