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...

Derived terms

• ghost detainee

Translations

one who is detained

• Albanian: (i/e) ^{(please verify)} arrestuar (sq)
• Arabic: أسير m (ʔasīr), أسيرة f (ʔasīra), أسرى m pl (ʔasrā), أسيرات f pl (ʔasīrāt)
• Bulgarian: задържан (bg) m (zadǎržan), арестант (bg) m (arestant)
• Catalan: detingut (ca) m, detinguda (ca) f
• Esperanto: malliberulo
• French: détenu (fr) m, détenue (fr) f
• German: Häftling (de) m, Strafgefangener (de) m
• Hungarian: letartóztatott (hu), elítélt (hu), fogvatartott (hu), rab (hu), fogoly (hu), őrizetes (hu)
• Interlingua: detenito m, detenita f
• Italiano: detenuto (it) m, detenuta (it) f
• Portuguese: detento m, detenta f
• Russian: задержанный (ru) (zaderžannyj)
• Spanish: detenido (es) m, detenida (es) f
• Ukrainian: затри́маний m (zatrýmanyj), затри́мана f (zatrýmana)