prison (redirected from prisoning)

pris·on  (przn)

n.

1. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention, especially persons convicted of crimes.

2. A place or condition of confinement or forcible restraint.

3. A state of imprisonment or captivity.

tr.v. pris·oned, pris·on·ing, pris·ons

To confine in or as if in a prison; imprison.

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[Middle English, from Old French, alteration (influenced by Old French pris, taken) of Latin prnsi, prnsin-, a seizing, from *prehnsi, from prehnsus, past participle of prehendere, to seize; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: The word prison can be traced back to the Latin word prnsi, "the action or power of making an arrest." This in turn is derived from the verb prehendere or prndere, which meant "to take hold of, take into custody, arrest." Prnsi then surfaces in the Old French of the 12th century with the form prison and the senses "capture" and "place of imprisonment." This new sense could have already been developed in Latin and not been recorded, but we have to wait until the 12th century to see it, the sense "captivity" being added in the same century. From Old French as well as the Medieval Latin word priso, "prison," derived from Old French, came our Middle English word prisoun, first recorded in a work written before 1121 in the sense "imprisonment." The sense "place of imprisonment" is recorded shortly afterward in a text copied down before 1225 but perhaps actually written in the Old English period before the Norman Conquest.

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prison

Noun

1. a public building used to hold convicted criminals and accused people awaiting trial

2. any place of confinement [Old French prisun, from Latin prensio a capturing]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	prison - a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment prison house bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) cellblock, ward - a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) chokey, choky - British slang (dated) for a prison correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government nick - (British slang) a prison; "he's in the nick" panopticon - a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791 state prison - a prison maintained by a state of the U.S.
	2.	prison - a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement prison house situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt

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prison

noun jail, confinement, can (slang) pound, nick Brit. (slang) stir (slang) cooler (slang) jug (slang) dungeon, clink (slang) glasshouse Military (informal) gaol, penitentiary U.S. slammer (slang) lockup, quod (slang) penal institution, calaboose U.S. (informal) choky (slang) poky or pokey U.S., Canad. (slang) boob Austral. (slang)

Translations

prison [ˈprɪzn] n → cárcel f; prisión f

cpd → carcelario

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prison [ˈprɪzn] n → prison f

cpd → pénitentiaire

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prison [ˈprɪzn] n → Gefängnis nt

cpd [officer, food, cell etc] → Gefängnis-

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prison [ˈprɪzn] n → prigione f

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prison

n prison [ˈprizn]

a building in which criminals are kept; a jail He was sent to prison; He is in prison. tronk سِجْن затвор vězení fængsel das Gefängnis φυλακή prisión, cárcel vangla زندان vankila prison בֵּית-סוֹהָר कारागार börtön penjara fangelsi prigione 刑務所 교도소 kalėjimas cietums penjara gevangenis fengsel więzienie prisão închisoare тюрьма väzenie zapor zatvor fängelse คุก hapisane 監獄 в'язниця قيد خانہ، جيل nhà tù 监狱

n prisoner

anyone who has been captured and is held against his will as a criminal, in a war etc The prisoners escaped from jail. prisonier سَجين затворник vězeň, -kyně fange der/die Gefangene φυλακισμένος, αιχμάλωτος preso, recluso; prisionero vang زندانی vanki prisonnier/-ière אָסִיר बन्दी rab tahanan fangi prigioniero 囚人 죄수; 포로 kalinys, belaisvis cietumnieks; ieslodzītais banduan gevangene fange więzień prisioneiro prizo­nier заключённый väzeň, väzenka zapornik zatvorenik fånge นักโทษ tutuklu 囚犯 в'язень; арештант قيدي tù nhân 囚犯

prisoner of war

a member of the armed forces captured in a war. krygsgevangenes سَجين حَرْب، أسير военнопленник válečný zajatec krigsfange der/die Kriegsgefangene αιχμάλωτος πολέμου prisionero de guerra sõjavang اسیر جنگی sotavanki prisonnier de guerre שָבוּי युद्ध बंदी hadifogoly tawanan perang stríðsfangi prigioniero di guerra 捕虜 (전쟁) 포로 karo belaisvis karagūsteknis tawanan perang krijgsgevangene krigsfange jeniec wojenny prisioneiro de guerra prizonier de război военнопленный vojnový zajatec vojni ujetnik ratni zarobljenik krigsfånge เชลยศึก savaş tutsağı 戰俘 військовополонений جنگي قيدي tù nhân chiến tranh 战俘

take, keep, hold prisoner

to (capture and) confine (a person) against his will Many soldiers were killed and the rest taken prisoner; She was kept prisoner in a locked room. aangehou يأسُر، يَحْتَجِز затварям vzít do/držet v zajetí tage til fange; holde fangen gefangennehmen, –halten αιχμαλωτίζω, κρατώ κπ. αιχμάλωτο hacer prisionero vangi võtma, vangis hoidma اسیر کردن ottaa vangiksi faire prisonnier אָסוּר बंदी बनाना foglyul ejt / fogságban tart mengalihkan pikiran atau perhatian taka til fanga, halda í fangelsi catturare, tenere prigioniero 捕虜にする 포로로 하다, 붙잡아두다 paimti į nelaisvę, įkalinti saņemt/turēt gūstā menahan ta til fange, holde fanget wziąć w niewolę, trzymać w niewoli prender a lua/a ţine prizonier взять в плен; держать в заключении vziať do zajatia, držať v zajatí zapreti uzeti zarobljenike ta till fånga/hålla fången ผู้ต้องหา hapsetmek 禁閉於...之中 брати в полон قيدي بنالينا bắt bỏ tù 禁闭于...之中