Masculine
carcer
- (declension-3, masculine) prison, jail
- (declension-3, masculine) jailbird
- (declension-3, masculine) traps (barriers at start of a horse race)
- (declension-3, masculine) commencement, beginning
- (declension-3, masculine) starting gate
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkar.kɛr]
Etymology
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.
prison
Gefängnis
prigione
prisão
gevangenis
prisión
calabós
μπουντρούμι
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