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prison
English
Etymology
From Middle English prisoun, prison, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensi?nem, accusative singular of prehensi?, from the verb prehend?. Doublet of prehension.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??z?n/, [p?????zn?]
- Rhymes: -?z?n
Noun
prison (countable and uncountable, plural prisons)
- A place or institution of confinement, especially of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
- Synonyms: bridewell, big house; see also Thesaurus:prison
- Coordinate terms: gaol, jail, slammer, hoosegow
- Hypernyms: correctional facility, correctional institution
- Hyponyms: panopticon, dungeon
- (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
- Synonym: imprisonment
- (colloquial, figuratively) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
prison (third-person singular simple present prisons, present participle prisoning, simple past and past participle prisoned)
- (transitive) To imprison.
Translations
Further reading
- prison at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- porins, prions, proins, ripons, spinor
French
Etymology
From Old French prison, inherited from Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem, from prehend?. Doublet of préhension.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?i.z??/
Noun
prison f (plural prisons)
- prison
Derived terms
- aimable comme une porte de prison
- emprisonner
- prison dorée
- prisonnier
Further reading
- “prison” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- prions, ripons
Norman
Etymology
From Old French prison, from Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem (“seizing, apprehending, arresting, capturing”).
Noun
prison f (plural prisons)
- (Jersey) prison
Related terms
- emprisonner, mettre en prison (“to imprison”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- prisoun (less common)
- prisun (less common)
Etymology
From Latin prehensi?, prehensi?nem, from prehend?.
Noun
prison f (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prison, nominative plural prisons)
- prison
Noun
prison m (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prisons, nominative plural prison)
- prisoner
Derived terms
- prisonnier
Descendants
- ? Middle English: prisoun
- English: prison
- Scots: preeson
- French: prison
- Norman: prison (Jersey)
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reformatory
English
Adjective
reformatory (comparative more reformatory, superlative most reformatory)
- Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
Noun
reformatory (plural reformatories)
- A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
Synonyms
- (for juveniles): reform school, borstal, approved school, youth detention centre, juvenile hall, detention home
Translations
Further reading
- reformatory on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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