detainee

English

Etymology

detain +‎ -ee

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪteɪˈniː/

Noun

detainee (plural detainees)

1. Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement.
   • 2013, Anthony Gregory, The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King's Prerogative to the War on Terror, page 74:

     Louis Louaillier, a U.S. citizen, journalist, and assemblymember, wrote in his local newspaper, The Louisiana Courier, that detainees should go to a civil judge...

Translations

one who is detained

• Albanian: (i/e) ^{(please verify)} arrestuar (sq)
• Arabic: أسير‎ m (ʾasīr), أسيرة‎ f (ʾasīra), أسرى‎ m pl (ʾasrā), أسيرات‎ f pl (ʾasīrāt)
• Bulgarian: задържан (bg) m (zadǎržan), арестант (bg) m (arestant)
• Catalan: detingut (ca) m
• Esperanto: malliberulo

• French: détenu (fr) m, détenue (fr) f
• German: Häftling (de) m
• Hungarian: letartóztatott (hu), elítélt (hu), fogvatartott (hu), rab (hu), fogoly (hu), őrizetes
• Russian: задержанный (ru) (zaderžannyj)
• Spanish: detenido (es) m