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Definition 2025

electric_chair

electric chair

See also: electric-chair

English

Noun

"Old Sparky" from Sing-Sing prison.

electric chair ‎(plural electric chairs)

A device used for performing execution by electrocution.
An electrically powered wheelchair

Translations

A device used for performing execution by electrocution

Asturian: siella llétrica f
Azeri: elektrik stulu
Breton: kador-dredan (br) f
Catalan: cadira elèctrica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電椅 (zh), 电椅 (zh) ‎(diànyǐ)
Estonian: elektritool (et)
Finnish: sähkötuoli (fi)
French: chaise électrique (fr) f
Galician: cadeira eléctrica f

Georgian: ელექტროსკამი ‎(elekṭrosḳami)
German: elektrischer Stuhl m
Greek: ηλεκτρική καρέκλα (el) f ‎(ilektrikí karékla)
Hungarian: villamosszék (hu)
Italian: sedia elettrica f
Japanese: 電気椅子 ‎(でんきいす, denki isu)
Mongolian: цахилгаан сандал ‎(tsahilgaan sandal)
Polish: krzesło elektryczne (pl) n
Portuguese: cadeira elétrica (pt) f
Russian: электри́ческий стул (ru) m ‎(elektríčeskij stul)
Spanish: silla eléctrica f
Swedish: elektriska stolen c
Turkish: elektrikli sandalye (tr)

An electrically powered wheelchair

Estonian: elektriratastool (et)
Finnish: sähköpyörätuoli (fi)

Greek: ηλεκτρική αναπηρική πολυθρόνα f ‎(ilektrikí anapirikí polythróna)