imprisonment

English

Alternative forms

• emprisonment

Etymology

imprison +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɪzn̩.mənt/, SAMPA: /Im"prIzn=.m@nt/

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Noun

imprisonment (plural imprisonments)

1. A confinement in a place, especially a prison.

Translations

being forced to serve a sentence in a jail or prison

Armenian: բանտարկություն (hy) (bantarkut’yun) Czech: uvěznění (cs) n. Dutch: gevangenschap (nl) n. Finnish: vankeus (fi) German: Gefangenschaft (de) f., Haft (de) f.

Greek: φυλάκιση (el) f., κάθειρξη (el) f. Romanian: întemnițare (ro), încarcerare (ro) Russian: заточение (zatočénije) n. Ukrainian: ув'язнення (uvjáznennja) n. Volapük: fanäböpam (vo), fanäbam (vo)