different between incarcerate vs gaol

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin incarceratus, past participle of incarcerare (“to imprison”), from Latin in (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”), meaning "put behind lines (bars)" – Latin root is of a lattice or grid. Related to cancel (“cross out with lines”) and chancel (“area behind a lattice”).

See also carcerate and cancer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?k??.s???e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?k??.s???e?t/

Verb

incarcerate (third-person singular simple present incarcerates, present participle incarcerating, simple past and past participle incarcerated)

1. To lock away; to imprison, especially for breaking the law.
   • 2013 September 23, Masha Gessen, "Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):

     Tolokonnikova has also been an effective public speaker even while incarcerated, but she has spoken out on politics and freedom in general rather than prisoners’ rights.

2. To confine; to shut up or enclose; to hem in.

Usage notes

As a Latinate term, somewhat formal, compared to imprison.

Synonyms

• imprison
• jail

Derived terms

• incarceration

Related terms

• carceral
• carcerate
• decarcerate

Translations

Further reading

• incarcerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• incarcerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Verb

incarcerate

1. second-person plural present of incarcerare
2. second-person plural imperative of incarcerare
3. feminine plural past participle of incarcerare

Anagrams

• accentrerai

English

Etymology

From Middle English gayole, gajol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Vulgar Latin *caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (“cavity, coop, cage”). See also cage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?e?l/
• Rhymes: -e?l

Noun

gaol (countable and uncountable, plural gaols)

1. (Commonwealth of Nations) Dated spelling of jail.

Usage notes

Gaol was the more common spelling between about 1760 and 1830, and is still preferred in proper names in some regions. Most Australian newspapers use jail rather than gaol, citing either narrower print width or the possibility of transposing letters in gaol to produce goal. By far the most common spelling in Canada is jail, but a handful of legal writers use gaol; see for example [2], para. 26.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:jail

Verb

gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)

1. (Commonwealth of Nations) Dated spelling of jail.

Derived terms

• engaol
• gaoler

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Galo, Gola, Lago, Olga, algo, algo-, goal

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”), from Proto-Celtic *gailos (compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /?e?l??/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /?i?l?/

Noun

gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)

1. relationship, kinship; kindred feeling
2. relation, kin; relative
3. relation between things, connection

Declension

Derived terms

• salachar gaoil (“distant relationship”)
• neasghaol (“next of kin”)
• gaolmhar (“associated; relative, related; cognate”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gáel (“relationship”), from Proto-Celtic *gailos; compare Lithuanian gailùs (“compassionate”); Gothic ???????????????????????????? (gailjan, “gladden”), German geil (“wanton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??l??/

Noun

gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, plural gaoil)

1. love, affection

   (literally "is love at me on you")

Declension

Bare forms

Forms with the definite article

Usage notes

The love expressed by gaol is more intimate in nature than that of gràdh.

Derived terms

• gabh gaol air
• tha gaol agam ort

Mutation

References

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911) , “gaol”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, ?ISBN