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knout

\knut\
[knut] France (Paris)

Where it comes from

Du russe кнут, knout (« fouet »).

noun knouts

Supplice du fouet en Russie tsariste. Le supplice du knout.
Fouet. Le malheureux mourut sous les coups du knout.

In English

knout kind of whip

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"knout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/knout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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knout. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/knout

Chicago

"knout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/knout.

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@misc{knout_2026,
  title = {knout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/knout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}