prison

English

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Etymology

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensionem, accusative singular of prehensio, from prehendō

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪzən

Noun

prison (countable and uncountable; plural prisons)

1. A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes.

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

2. (uncountable) Confinement in a 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.

Synonyms

• (place): bridewell; see also Wikisaurus:prison.
• (confinement): imprisonment

Coordinate terms

• (place): gaol, jail

Derived terms

terms derived from prison

imprison prison camp prison cell prisoner prison guard

prisonhouse prison officer prison record prison sentence prison warden

Translations

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

Albanian: burg (sq) m. Anglo-Norman: prison Arabic: سجن (ar) (sijn) m. Armenian: բանտ (hy) (bant) Azeri: həbsxana (az) Basque: espetxe (eu) Bulgarian: затвор (bg) (zatvor) m., дранголник (bg) (drangolnik) m. Burmese: အကျဥ်းထောင်  (my), ထောင် (my) Catalan: presó (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 監獄 (zh), 监狱 (zh) (jiānyù), 監牢 (zh), 监牢 (zh) (jiānláo) Croatian: zatvor (hr) Czech: vězení (cs) n. Danish: fængsel (da) Dutch: gevangenis (nl) f. Esperanto: malliberejo (eo) Estonian: türm (et) Faroese: fongsul (fo) n. Finnish: vankila (fi) French: prison (fr) f., (slang) cabane (fr) f. Georgian: ციხე (ka) (c'ixe), საპატიმრო (ka) (sapatimro) German: Gefängnis (de) n. Greek: φυλακή (el) (fylaki) f., δεσμωτήριο (el) (ðesmotírio) n. Gujarati: તુરંગ (gu) (turaṅga) Hebrew: כלא (he) (kéle) m. Hindi: जेल (hi) (jel) Hungarian: börtön (hu) Icelandic: fangelsi (is) n. Irish: príosún (ga) m. 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)

Kazakh: түрме (kk) (türme) Khmer: គុក (km) (kuk), ពន្ធនាគារ (km) (pʊən niekie rɔɔ) Korean: 교도소 (ko) (gyodoso) Kurdish: Sorani: به‌ندیخانه (ku) (bandeekhAna), گرتوخانه (ku) (girtookhAna), زندان (ku) (zindan) Latin: carcer (la) m. Latvian: cietumus (lv) Lithuanian: kalėjimas (lt) Luxembourgish: Prisong (lb) m. Maltese: ħabs (mt) Norwegian: fengsel (no) n. Old French: prison f. Polish: więzienie (pl) n. Portuguese: prisão (pt) f. Romanian: închisoare  (ro), pușcărie (ro), temniță (ro) Russian: тюрьма (ru) (tjur’má) f., (dated) острог (ru) (ostróg) m.; (slang) кутузка (ru) (kutúzka) f., каталажка (ru) (katalážka) f., тюряга (ru) (tjurjága) f. Serbo-Croatian: zatvor (sh), tamnica (sh) Slovene: zapor m., ječa f. Spanish: cárcel (es) f., prisión (es) f., penitenciaría (es) f. Swahili: jela (sw) Swedish: fängelse (sv) n. Tamil: சிறை (ta) (ciṟai), சிறைச்சாலை (ta) (ciṟai-c-cālai) Telugu: జైలు (te) (jailu), కారాగారం (te) (kaaraagaaram) Thai: คุก (th) (kúk) Ukrainian: в'язниця (uk) (v'jaznýcja) f. Vietnamese: ngục (vi) Volapük: fanäböp (vo) Welsh: carchar (cy) m. West Frisian: finzenis (fy)

confinement in a prison

Czech: věznění n. Danish: fængslet (da) Finnish: vankeus (fi), vankeusrangaistus (fi) French: prison (fr) f. German: Haft (de) f., Gefangenschaft (de) f.

Greek: φυλάκιση (filakisi) f., κάθειρξη (kathirksi) f. Ido: karcero Italian: prigione (it) f., carcere (it) m. Norwegian: fengsel (no) n. Volapük: fanäbam (vo)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to imprison

Translations

to confine in or as if in a prison

Volapük: fanäbükön (vo)

Anagrams

• porins
• prions
• spinor

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Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

• prisoun
• prisun

Noun

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

1. prison (place where captives are held)

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French

Etymology

From Old French prison, from Latin prehensio, prehensionem, from prehendō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /pʁi.zɔ̃/, SAMPA: /pRi.zO~/

Noun

prison f. (plural prisons)

1. prison

Derived terms

• emprisonner
• prisonnier

Anagrams

• prions
• ripons

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin prehensio, prehensionem, from prehendō.

Noun

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

Derived terms

• prisonnier

Descendants

• English: prison
• French: prison