carcer

Significat (Anglès)

1. (declension-3, masculine) prison, jail
2. (declension-3, masculine) jailbird
3. (declension-3, masculine) traps (barriers at start of a horse race)
4. (declension-3, masculine) commencement, beginning
5. (declension-3, masculine) starting gate

Conceptes

calabós

presó

pres

presoner

trull

garjola

Sinònims

phylaca

prisonium

claustrum

robur

Traduccions

prison

Gefängnis

prison

prigione

gevangenis

prisão

jail

prisión

cárcere

cell

kerker

cadeia

carcere

calabouço

Kerker

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈkar.kɛr]

Etimologia (Anglès)

Derived from Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”) in the sense of "enclosure", and as such a doublet of cancer. Cognate with circus, curvus, crux, crīnis, crispus, English ring. It is not known how the noun shifted to the third declension.