asylum
Signification (Anglais)
- (countable, uncountable) A place of safety or refuge.
- (uncountable) The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
- (countable, dated, uncountable) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Concepts
asile psychiatrique
clinique psychiatrique
Hôpital psychiatrique
Synonymes
place of refuge
mental home
sacred place
Bedlam
bed-chamber
inviolable place of refuge
place to escape to
safehold
hide-away
madhouse
Traductions
asilo
Asyl
rifugio
asiel
asilo
άσυλο
asilFréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/əˈsaɪləm/
Étymologie (Anglais)
From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
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