carcer

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

prigione

carcere

prigione sotterranea

prigioniero

carcerato

gattabuia

segreta

capponaia

casa di pena

istituto di pena

istituto penitenziario

cella

galera

sinonimi

phylaca

prisonium

claustrum

robur

Traduzioni

prison

Gefängnis

prison

prisão

gevangenis

jail

prisión

cárcere

cell

kerker

cadeia

calabós

calabouço

μπουντρούμι

cel

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈkar.kɛr]

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.