prison

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EtymologyEdit

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensiōnem, accusative singular of prehensiō, from the verb prehendō.

PronunciationEdit

• Audio (US)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɪzən/
• Rhymes: -ɪzən

NounEdit

prison ‎(countable and uncountable, plural prisons)

1. A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

   The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.

2. (uncountable) Confinement in prison.

   Prison was a harrowing experience for him.

3. (colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

   The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.

SynonymsEdit

• (place or institution of confinement): bridewell, big house; see also Wikisaurus:prison.
• (state of confinement): imprisonment

HypernymsEdit

• (place or institution of confinement): correctional facility, correctional institution

Coordinate termsEdit

• (place or institution of confinement): gaol, jail, slammer, hoosegow

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from prison

imprison prison camp prison cell prison chaser

prisoner prison guard prisonhouse prison officer

prison record prison sentence prison warden

TranslationsEdit

place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes

• Abkhaz: абахҭа ‎(ābāxtā)
• Adzera: karabus
• Afrikaans: tronk, gevangenis
• Albanian: burg (sq) m
• Arabic: سِجْن m ‎(sijn), حَبْس m ‎(ḥabs)

  Moroccan Arabic: حبْس m ‎(ḥəbs)

• Armenian: բանտ (hy) ‎(bant)
• Aromanian: ncljisoari f, hapsi, hãpsani, filichii, zundani, pudrumi
• Asturian: cárcel f, prisión f
• Avar: турма ‎(turma)
• Azeri: həbsxana, zindan
• Bashkir: төрмә ‎(törmä)
• Basque: espetxe
• Belarusian: турма́ f ‎(turmá), цямні́ца f ‎(cjamníca), астро́г m ‎(astróh)
• Bengali: কারাগার ‎(karagar)
• Bulgarian: затво́р (bg) m ‎(zatvór), дранго́лник (bg) m ‎(drangólnik), тъмни́ца (bg) f ‎(tǎmníca), тюрма́ (bg) f ‎(tjurmá), занда́н (bg) m ‎(zandán)
• Burmese: အကျဉ်းထောင် ‎(a.kyany:htaung), ထောင် (my) ‎(htaung)
• Catalan: presó (ca) f
• Chechen: набахти ‎(nabaχti)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 監獄, 监狱 ‎(gaam¹ juk⁶), 牢獄, 牢狱 ‎(lou⁴ juk⁶), 監牢, 监牢 ‎(gaam¹ lou⁴)

  Hakka: 監獄, 监狱 ‎(kâm-ngiu̍k), 監牢, 监牢 ‎(kâm-lò), 囹仔 ‎(lông-é)

  Mandarin: 監獄 (zh), 监狱 (zh) ‎(jiānyù), 牢獄 (zh), 牢狱 (zh) ‎(láoyù), 監牢 (zh), 监牢 ‎(jiānláo), 班房 (zh) ‎(bānfáng)

  Min Nan: 監牢, 监牢 ‎(kaⁿ-lô), 監獄 (zh-min-nan), 监狱 ‎(kaⁿ-ga̍k), 櫳仔, 栊仔 ‎(lông-á), 櫳仔內, 栊仔内 ‎(lông-á-lāi)

• Czech: vězení (cs) n, žalář (cs) m, věznice (cs) f
• Danish: fængsel (da)
• Dutch: gevangenis (nl) f, kerker (nl) m
• Esperanto: malliberejo
• Estonian: vangla (et)
• Faroese: fongsul n, fangahús n, gegl n
• Finnish: vankila (fi), tyrmä (fi)
• French: prison (fr) f, (slang) cabane (fr) f, geôle (fr) f

  Old French: prison f

• Galician: prisión f, cárcere m, cadea (gl) f
• Georgian: ციხე ‎(cixe), საპატიმრო ‎(saṗaṭimro)
• German: Gefängnis (de) n, Zuchthaus (de) n, Kerker (de) m (slang)
• Greek: φυλακή (el) f ‎(fylakí), δεσμωτήριο (el) n ‎(desmotírio)
• Gujarati: તુરંગ ‎(turaṅga)
• Hebrew: כֶּלֶא (he) m ‎(kéle), בֵּית כֶּלֶא (he) m ‎(beit kéle), בֵּית סֹהַר (he) m ‎(beit sóhar), בֵּית הָאֲסוּרִים m ‎(beit haasurím)
• Hindi: कारागार (hi) m ‎(kārāgār), बन्दीघर (hi) m ‎(bandīghar), जेल (hi) m ‎(jel), क़ैदख़ाना m ‎(qaidxānā)
• Hungarian: börtön (hu)
• Icelandic: fangelsi (is) n
• Ido: karcero (io)
• Indonesian: penjara (id)
• Irish: príosún (ga) m, carcair f
• Italian: prigione (it) f, carcere (it) m
• Japanese: 監獄 (ja) ‎(かんごく, kangoku), 刑務所 (ja) ‎(けいむしょ, keimusho)
• Kannada: ಜೈಲು (kn) ‎(jailu)
• Kazakh: түрме ‎(türme), абақты ‎(abaqtı)
• Khmer: គុក (km) ‎(kuk), ពន្ធនាគារ (km) ‎(pʊən niekie rɔɔ)
• Korean: 교도소 (ko) ‎(gyodoso), 감옥 (ko) ‎(gamok)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌ندیخانه ‎(bandeekhAna), گرتوخانه ‎(girtookhAna), زندان (ku) ‎(zindan)

• Kyrgyz: түрмө (ky) ‎(türmö), абак (ky) ‎(abak)
• Lao: ຄຸກ (lo) ‎(khuk), ເຮືອນຈຳກາງ ‎(hư̄an cham kāng)
• Latin: carcer m
• Latvian: cietums m
• Lithuanian: kalėjimas
• Luxembourgish: Prisong (lb) m
• Macedonian: за́твор m ‎(zátvor), зандана f ‎(zandana)
• Malay: penjara
• Maltese: ħabs m
• Maori: whare herehere
• Marathi: तुरुंग (mr) ‎(turuṅg)
• Mongolian: шорон (mn) ‎(šoron), гяндан (mn) ‎(gjandan), хар гэр ‎(har ger)
• Navajo: awáalya
• Nepali: थाना ‎(thānā)
• Norwegian: fengsel (no) n
• Ossetian: ахӕстон ‎(axæston)
• Persian: زندان (fa) ‎(zendân)
• Polish: więzienie (pl) n, pierdel (pl) m (colloquial)
• Portuguese: prisão (pt) f, cadeia (pt) f, xadrez (pt) m (slang, Brazil), cárcere (pt) m
• Romanian: închisoare (ro), pușcărie (ro), temniță (ro)
• Russian: тюрьма́ (ru) f ‎(tjurʹmá), темни́ца (ru) f ‎(temníca) (dated), остро́г (ru) m ‎(ostróg) (dated), куту́зка (ru) f ‎(kutúzka) (slang), катала́жка (ru) f ‎(katalážka) (slang), тюря́га (ru) f ‎(tjurjága) (slang), зо́на (ru) f ‎(zóna) (slang)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: затвор m, тамница f

  Roman: zatvor (sh) m, tamnica (sh) m

• Sinhalese: සිරගෙදර ‎(siragedara)
• Slovak: väznica (sk) f, väzenie n, žalár (sk) m
• Slovene: zapor (sl) m, ječa f
• Southern Altai: тӱрме ‎(türme)
• Spanish: cárcel (es) f, prisión (es) f, penitenciaría (es) f
• Svan: дѵліг ‎(dəlig)
• Swahili: jela (sw)
• Swedish: fängelse (sv) n
• Tagalog: bilangguan
• Tajik: зиндон ‎(zindon)
• Tamil: சிறை (ta) ‎(ciṟai), சிறைச்சாலை (ta) ‎(ciṟaiccālai)
• Tatar: төрмә (tt) ‎(törmä)
• Telugu: జైలు (te) ‎(jailu), కారాగారం (te) ‎(kārāgāraṃ)
• Thai: คุก (th) ‎(kúk), กรงขัง (th) ‎(grong-kǎng)
• Tibetan: བཙོན་ཁང ‎(btson khang)
• Turkish: hapis (tr), hapishane (tr), cezaevi (tr)
• Turkmen: türme
• Tuvan: кара-бажың ‎(kara-bažıŋ)
• Ukrainian: в'язни́ця (uk) f ‎(vʺjaznýcja), тюрма́ f ‎(tjurmá), темни́ця f ‎(temnýcja), остро́г m ‎(ostróh)
• Urdu: کاراگار m ‎(kārāgār), بندیگھر m ‎(bandīghar), جیل m ‎(jēl), قیدخانہ m ‎(qaidxānā)
• Uzbek: turma (uz), qamoqxona (uz)
• Vietnamese: ngục (vi)
• Volapük: fanäböp (vo)
• Walloon: prijhon (wa) m, f
• Welsh: carchar (cy) m
• West Frisian: finzenis
• Yiddish: טורמע f ‎(turme), תּפֿיסה f ‎(tfise)

confinement in a prison

• Bashkir: төрмә ‎(törmä)
• Czech: věznění n
• Danish: fængslet
• Finnish: vankeus (fi), vankeusrangaistus (fi)
• French: prison (fr) f
• German: Haft (de) f, Gefangenschaft (de) f
• Greek: φυλάκιση (el) f ‎(fylákisi), κάθειρξη (el) f ‎(kátheirxi)
• Ido: karcero (io)

• Italian: prigione (it) f, carcere (it) m
• Norwegian: fengsel (no) n
• Polish: więzienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: cárcere (pt) m
• Russian: тюре́мное заключе́ние n ‎(tjurémnoje zaključénije), заточе́ние в тюрьму́ n ‎(zatočénije v tjurʹmú), тюрьма́ (ru) f ‎(tjurʹmá), срок (ru) m ‎(srok)
• Volapük: fanäbam (vo)

VerbEdit

prison ‎(third-person singular simple present prisons, present participle prisoning, simple past and past participle prisoned)

1. (transitive) To imprison.

TranslationsEdit

imprison — see imprison

External linksEdit

• prison at OneLook Dictionary Search

AnagramsEdit

• porins, prions, spinor

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French prison, inherited from Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem, from prehendō. Doublet of préhension.

PronunciationEdit

• audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.zɔ̃/

NounEdit

prison f ‎(plural prisons)

1. prison

Derived termsEdit

• emprisonner
• prisonnier

AnagramsEdit

• prions, ripons

External linksEdit

• “prison” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem ‎(“seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing”).

NounEdit

prison f ‎(plural prisons)

1. (Jersey) prison

Related termsEdit

• emprisonner, mettre en boête, mettre en prison ‎(“to imprison”)

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Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• prisoun (less common)
• prisun (less common)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem, from prehendō.

NounEdit

prison f ‎(oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prison, nominative plural prisons)

1. prison
   • circa 1200, author unknown, Aucassin et Nicolette

     Por vos sui en prison mis
     dans ce celier sousterin

     For you, I have been put in this prison
     in this underground cellar

NounEdit

prison m ‎(oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prisons, nominative plural prison)

1. prisoner

Derived termsEdit

• prisonnier

DescendantsEdit

• English: prison
• French: prison
• Norman: prison (Jersey)