detention

See also: détention

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French détention, from Latin detentio, detentionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɛnʃən/

Noun

detention (countable and uncountable, plural detentions)

1. (uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained.
2. (countable) A temporary state of custody or confinement, especially of a prisoner awaiting trial, or of a student being punished.
3. (civil law) The bare physical control without the mental element of intention required for possession.

Derived terms

• detention basin
• detention home

Related terms

• detain

Translations

act or state

• Bulgarian: задържа́не n (zadǎržáne), арестува́не n (arestuváne)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拘留 (zh) (jūliú), 扣押 (zh) (kòuyā)

• Danish: tilbageholdelse c
• Finnish: pidätys (fi); pidättäminen (fi) (act)
• French: détention (fr) f, arrestation (fr) f
• German: Haft (de) m, Gewahrsam (de) m
• Irish: coinneáil f
• Japanese: 拘留 (ja) (こうりゅう, kōryū), 拘置 (こうち, kōchi), 抑留 (ja) (よくりゅう, yokuryū)
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• Korean: 구류 (ko) (guryu), 억류 (ko) (eongnyu)
• Maori: mauheretanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fengsling (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: fengsling f

• Russian: задержа́ние (ru) n (zaderžánije), аре́ст (ru) m (arést)
• Tagalog: pagkabinbin

temporary custody or confinement

• Danish: anholdelse (da) c, eftersidning c (in school)
• Finnish: pidätys (fi) (of prisoner); jälki-istunto (fi) (of student), aresti (fi)
• German: (school) Nachsitzen (de) n
• Icelandic: eftirseta
• Persian: بازداشتگاه (fa) (bâzdâšt-gâh)
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• Russian: содержа́ние под стра́жей n (soderžánije pod strážej), аре́ст (ru) m (arést), (school) оставле́ние (ru) n (ostavlénije) (по́сле уро́ков)
• Swedish: häkte (sv) n, häktning (sv) c, kvarsittning c
• Tagalog: binbin, pagkabinbin, bimbin

holding in one's control with no intention to possess

• Dutch: houderschap (nl) f, detentie (nl) f
• French: détention (fr) f
• German: Innehabung f, Detention f
• Italian: detenzione (it) f
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• Portuguese: detenção (pt) f
• Spanish: detentación f

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: hechtenis (nl) f
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• French: détention (fr) f

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Danish

Noun

detention c (singular definite detentionen, plural indefinite detentioner)

1. detention

Declension

Declension of detention

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	detention	detentionen	detentioner	detentionerne
genitive	detentions	detentionens	detentioners	detentionernes

Further reading

• “detention” in Den Danske Ordbog