prison

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
2. (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
3. (colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

Verb

To imprison.

Conceitos

prisão

cadeia

cárcere

calabouço

presídio

enxovia

xadrez

xilindró

prisno

penalty

Prisão

Prisões

cana

pênalti

penitenciária

grades

grande penalidade

casa de detenção

penálti

penalidade máxima

Sinônimos

jail

gaol

penitentiary

cell

dungeon

jailhouse

slammer

bagnio

bastille

cage

limbo

lockup

pogy

prison house

bastile

pogie

imprisonment

pogey

prisonhouse

stockade

coop

clink

goal

stir

lock-up

calaboose

place of confinement

enclosure

poky

lock up

detention house

nick

cooler

quod

reformatory

pokey

brig

casemate

panopticon

penal

penal colony

penal institution

captivity

peter

pit

pound

💷

prison cell

can

start

gaol

Traduções

prison

Gefängnis

cárcel

prigione

carcere

prisión

gevangenis

φυλακή

carcer

Zuchthaus

Kerker

kerker

Strafanstalt

presó

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɹɪzən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: prisoun

In summary

From Middle English prisoun, prison, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiōnem, accusative singular of prehensiō, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of prehension.

Frases

Knoller is currently serving her sentence at Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla .