prisoner

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(UK) IPA: /ˈpɹɪzənə/, /ˈpɹɪznə/
(Canada, US) IPA: /ˈpɹɪzənəɹ/
Rhymes: -ɪzənə(ɹ)

Noun

prisoner (plural prisoners)

A person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
Any person held against his or her will.

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Translations

person incarcerated in a prison

Arabic: سجين (ar) (sajīn) m
Asturian: presu (ast) m, prisioneru (ast) m
Belarusian: вязень (be) (vjázjenʹ) m, зняволены (be) (znjavóleny) m
Breton: prizoniad (br) m
Bulgarian: затворник (bg) (zatvornik) m
Catalan: pres (ca) m, presoner (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 囚犯 (cmn) (qiúfàn)
Czech: vězeň (cs) m
Dutch: gevangene (nl) m and f
Esperanto: malliberulo (eo), kaptito (eo), prizonulo (eo)
Finnish: vanki (fi)
French: prisonnier (fr) m
Galician: preso (gl) m, prisioneiro (gl) m
German: Gefangener (de) m, Gefangene (de) f
Greek: κρατούμενος (el) (kratoúmenos) m, φυλακισμένος (el) (fylakisménos) m
Icelandic: fangi (is) m, bandingi (is) m
Japanese: 囚人 (ja) (しゅうじん, shūjin), (prisoner of war) 捕虜 (ja) (ほりょ, horyo)
Kurdish:
Sorani:

Kurmanji: girtî (ku), zindanî (ku), êsîr (ku), dîl (ku), bendî (ku)
Latin: captus (la) m
Luxembourgish: Prisonnéier (lb) m, Gefaangenen (lb) m

Macedonian: затвореник (mk) (zatvorenik) m
Old Norse: bandingi m
Persian: زندانی (fa) (zendâní)
Polish: więzień (pl) m
Portuguese: prisioneiro (pt) m, preso (pt) m
Russian: заключённый (ru) (zaključónnyj) m, заключённая (ru) (zaključónnaja) m, арестант (ru) (arestánt) m, арестантка (ru) (arestántka) f
Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: затвореник (sh) m, затвореница (sh) f, кажњеник (sh) m, заробљеник (sh) m

Roman: zatvorenik (sh) m, zatvorenica (sh) f, kažnjenik (sh) m, zarobljenik (sh) m
Slovak: väzeň (sk) m
Slovene: zapornik (sl) m, zapornica (sl) f, jetnik (sl) m, jetnica (sl) f
Spanish: prisionero (es) m, preso (es) m
Swahili: mabusu (sw)
Swedish: fånge (sv) c, fängelsekund (sv) c, intern (sv) c
Tibetan: བཙོན་པ (bo) (btson pa)
Tuvan: кара-бажыңнаттырган (kara-bažyŋnattyrgan)
Ukrainian: в'язень (uk) (v'jázenʹ) m, арештант (uk) (areštánt) m
Volapük: (male or female) fanäböpäb (vo), (male) hifanäböpäb (vo), (female) jifanäböpäb (vo)

figurative: any person held against his or her will

Asturian: presu (ast) m, prisioneru (ast) m
Catalan: pres (ca) m, presoner (ca) m
Finnish: vanki (fi)
French: prisonnier (fr) m
Galician: preso (gl) m, prisioneiro (gl) m
German: Gefangener (de) m, Gefangene (de) f
Greek: κρατούμενος (el) (kratoúmenos) m, φυλακισμένος (el) (fylakisménos) m, δέσμιος (el) (ðésmios) m
Japanese: とりこ (ja) (toriko)
Portuguese: prisioneiro (pt) m, preso (pt) m
Russian: пле́нный (ru) (plénnyj) m esp. POW, пле́нник (ru) (plénnik) m, у́зник (ru) (úznik) m

Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach (gd)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: заробљеник (sh) m, uznik (sh) m

Roman: zarobljenik (sh) m, узник (sh) m
Slovene: ujetnik (sl) m, ujetnica (sl) f
Spanish: prisionero (es) m, preso (es) m
Swedish: fånge (sv) c
Ukrainian: в'язень (uk) (v'jázenʹ) m
Volapük: (male or female) fanäban (vo), (male) hifanäban (vo), (male) jifanäban (vo)

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