carcer

Meaning

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

Concepts

prison

jail

cell

dungeon

prison cell

gaol

lock up

lockup

slammer

chokey

penalty corner

crowbar hotel

short corner

three hots and a cot

big house

gaol

coop

goal

inmate

lock-up

pokey

poky

prisoner

Synonyms

phylaca

prisonium

claustrum

robur

Translations

prison

Gefängnis

prigione

prisão

gevangenis

prisión

cárcere

kerker

carcere

cadeia

calabós

calabouço

cel

μπουντρούμι

preson

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.