incarceration

Significado (Inglês)

1. (US, countable, uncountable) The act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) A strangulation, as in a hernia.
3. (countable, uncountable) A constriction of the hernial sac, rendering it irreducible, but not great enough to cause strangulation.

Conceitos

encarceramento

confinamento

incarceração

cativeiro

Sinônimos

imprisonment

confinement

immurement

captivity

custody

jail

durance

duress

restraint

strangulated hernia

apprehension

depressed feeling

bondage

capture

commitment

gaol

house arrest

isolation

limbo

Traduções

encarcelamiento

incarcération

incarcerazione

encarcelación

emprisonnement

Einkerkerung

prisión

السجن

carcerazione

détention

empresonament

detenzione

φυλάκιση

Einsperrung

Einklemmung

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪŋˌkɑː(ɹ)səˈɹeɪʃən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Medieval Latin incarcerātiō.