English
Etymology
From Latin custodia ( “ a keeping, watch, guard, prison ” ) , from custos ( “ a keeper, watchman, guard ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
custody (usually uncountable , plural custodies )
The legal right to take care of something or somebody, especially children.
The court awarded custody to the child's father.
Temporary possession or care of somebody else's property.
I couldn't pay the bill and now my passport is in custody of the hotel management.
The state of being imprisoned or detained , usually pending a trial .
He was mistreated while in police custody .
( Roman Catholicism ) An area under the jurisdiction of a custos within the Order of Friars Minor.
The Custody of the Holy Land includes the monasteries of Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Jerusalem.
Derived terms
Terms derived from custody
Translations
legal right to take care of something or somebody
Arabic: حَبْس (ar) m ( ḥabs )
Azerbaijani: böyüklük ( of a child )
Bulgarian: опека (bg) f ( opeka )
Catalan: custòdia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 撫養權 / 抚养权 (zh) ( fǔyǎngquán ) , 抚养权 (zh) ( fǔyǎngquán ) , 監護權 / 监护权 (zh) ( jiānhùquán ) , 监护权 (zh) ( jiānhùquán )
Danish: forældremyndighed c
Dutch: hoederecht (nl) n
Finnish: huoltajuus (fi) ( of a child )
French: garde (fr) f
German: Sorgerecht (de) n , Obhut (de) f
Hindi: हिफ़ाज़त f ( hifāzat ) , हिफाजत (hi) f ( hiphājat )
Hungarian: őrizet (hu) , felügyelet (hu) , ( of children ) (szülői ) felügyeleti jog , gyermekelhelyezés
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Italian: affidamento (it) m
Japanese: 養育権 ( よういくけん, yōikuken )
Korean: 양육권(養育權) ( yang'yukgwon )
Latin: custōdia f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: omsorgsrett (no) m ( of a child )
Nynorsk: omsorgsrett m ( of a child )
Polish: opieka (pl) f
Portuguese: guarda (pt) f
Romanian: custodie (ro) f
Russian: попече́ние (ru) n ( popečénije ) , опе́ка (ru) f ( opéka ) , содержа́ние (ru) n ( soderžánije )
Spanish: custodia (es) f , patria potestad (es) f , tutela (es) f
Swedish: vårdnad (sv)
Turkish: vesayet (tr) , velayet (tr) ( of a child ) , sorumluluk (tr)
Ukrainian: опі́ка f ( opíka )
Zazaki: wesayet m , wesayet m , wesayet m
temporary possession
Bulgarian: съхранение (bg) n ( sǎhranenie )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 保管 (zh) ( bǎoguǎn ) , 保護 / 保护 (zh) ( bǎohù ) , 保护 (zh) ( bǎohù )
Finnish: huosta , hallussapito (fi)
French: détention (fr) f
German: Verwahrung (de) f , Aufbewahrung (de) f
Hindi: हिफ़ाज़त f ( hifāzat ) , हिफाजत (hi) f ( hiphājat ) , रक्षा (hi) f ( rakṣā )
Japanese: 保管 (ja) ( ほかん, hokan ) , 預かり ( あずかり, azukari )
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: varetekt (no) m or f , forvaring (no) m or f
Nynorsk: varetekt f , forvaring f
Portuguese: custódia (pt) f
Romanian: păstrare (ro) f
Russian: хране́ние (ru) n ( xranénije )
Turkish: , emanet (tr) , inam (tr) ( archaic ) , vedia (tr)
Zazaki: emanet c
state of being imprisoned or detained
Arabic: حِرَاسَة نَظَرِيَّة ( ḥirāsa naẓariyya )
Bulgarian: арест (bg) m ( arest )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 監禁 / 监禁 (zh) ( jiānjìn ) , 监禁 (zh) ( jiānjìn ) , 拘留 (zh) ( jūliú )
Czech: vazba (cs) f
Danish: varetægt c
Finnish: pidätys (fi)
French: garde à vue (fr) f , détention (fr) f
German: Haft (de) f , Untersuchungshaft (de) f
Hungarian: őrizet (hu) , előzetes letartóztatás
Japanese: 拘留 (ja) ( こうりゅう, kōryū )
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: varetekt (no) m or f
Nynorsk: varetekt f
Portuguese: custódia (pt) f
Romanian: reținere (ro) f , arest (ro) n
Russian: заключе́ние (ru) n ( zaključénije ) , содержа́ние под стра́жей n ( soderžánije pod strážej )
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: popajź f
Swedish: förvar (sv) n
Turkish: gözaltı (tr) , gözaltına alınmak , alıkonma
Franciscan administrative unit
Translations to be checked
Further reading
“custody ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“custody ”, in The Century Dictionary [ … ] , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“custody ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
Further reading
Custódia [1] , Priberam Dictionary]