detain

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• UK: /dɪˈteɪn/
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• rhymes with -eɪn
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 T EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French detenir. Doublet of détente. Cognate with Italian detenere, Portuguese deter, Romanian deține, and Spanish detener.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: задъ́ржам (zadǎ́ržam) — keep someone from proceeding
• Bulgarian: задържа́ (zadǎržá) — keep someone from proceeding
• Finnish: pidätellä — keep someone from proceeding
• Greek: καθυστερώ (kathysteró) — keep someone from proceeding
• Latin: dētineō — keep someone from proceeding
• Māori: tātāwhi — keep someone from proceeding
• Arabic: اِعْتَقَلَ (iʕtaqala) — put under custody
• Belarusian: затры́мліваць (zatrýmlivacʹ) — put under custody
• Belarusian: затрымо́ўваць (zatrymówvacʹ) — put under custody
• Belarusian: затрыма́ць (zatrymácʹ) — put under custody
• Belarusian: задзе́ржваць (zadzjéržvacʹ) — put under custody
• Bulgarian: задъ́ржам (zadǎ́ržam) — put under custody
• Bulgarian: задържа́ (zadǎržá) — put under custody
• Catalan: detenir — put under custody
• Catalan: detindre — put under custody
• Chinese Mandarin: 拘留 (jūliú) — put under custody
• Chinese Mandarin: 扣留 (kòuliú) — put under custody
• Chinese Mandarin: 扣押 (kòuyā) — put under custody
• Chinese Mandarin: 看押 (kānyā) — put under custody
• Chinese Mandarin: 拘禁 (jūjìn) — put under custody
• Czech: zadržovat — put under custody
• Czech: zadržet — put under custody
• Danish: tilbageholde — put under custody
• Dutch: detineren — put under custody
• Esperanto: reteni — put under custody
• Finnish: pidättää — put under custody
• French: détenir — put under custody
• French: arrêter — put under custody
• Galician: deter — put under custody
• German: verhaften — put under custody
• Greek: κρατώ (krató) — put under custody
• Hindi: रोकना (roknā) — put under custody
• Hindi: पकड़ना (pakaṛnā) — put under custody
• Hungarian: őrizetbe vesz — put under custody
• Irish: coinnigh — put under custody
• Irish: coimeád — put under custody
• Italian: detenere — put under custody
• Italian: trattenere — put under custody
• Japanese: 拘留する (kōryū suru) — put under custody
• Japanese: 引き留める (hikitomeru) — put under custody
• Khmer: កាក់ (kak) — put under custody
• Khmer: បង្ខាំង (bɑɑbɑngkhang) — put under custody
• Khmer: បង្ក្រៀក (bɑɑbɑngkriək) — put under custody
• Korean: 구류하다 (guryuhada) — put under custody
• Lao: ກັກ (kak) — put under custody
• Lao: ກັກຂັງ (kak khang) — put under custody
• Latin: teneo — put under custody
• Macedonian: задржува (zadržuva) — put under custody
• Macedonian: задржи (zadrži) — put under custody
• Polish: zatrzymywać — put under custody
• Polish: zatrzymać — put under custody
• Portuguese: deter — put under custody
• Romanian: reține — put under custody
• Russian: заде́рживать (zadérživatʹ) — put under custody
• Russian: задержа́ть (zaderžátʹ) — put under custody
• Serbo-Croatian: задржа́вати — put under custody
• Serbo-Croatian: задр̀жати — put under custody
• Serbo-Croatian: zadržávati — put under custody
• Serbo-Croatian: zadr̀žati — put under custody
• Slovak: zadržiavať — put under custody
• Slovak: zadržať — put under custody
• Slovene: pridrževati — put under custody
• Slovene: pridržati — put under custody
• Spanish: detener — put under custody
• Swedish: gripa — put under custody
• Swedish: internera — put under custody
• Swedish: häkta — put under custody
• Thai: กัก (gàk) — put under custody
• Thai: กักขัง (gàk-kǎng) — put under custody
• Thai: กักตัว (gàk-dtuua) — put under custody
• Turkish: gözaltına almak — put under custody
• Ukrainian: затри́мувати (zatrýmuvaty) — put under custody
• Ukrainian: затри́мати (zatrýmaty) — put under custody
• Vietnamese: cầm giữ — put under custody
• Vietnamese: giam — put under custody
• Vietnamese: giam cầm — put under custody
• Zazaki: tewfiq kerden — put under custody
• Bulgarian: удържам (udǎržam) — keep back or from
• Bulgarian: удържа (udǎrža) — keep back or from
• Finnish: pidättää — keep back or from
• Māori: tautāwhi — keep back or from
• Bulgarian: удържам (udǎržam) — seize goods for official purposes
• Bulgarian: удържа (udǎrža) — seize goods for official purposes
• Finnish: takavarikoida — seize goods for official purposes
• Greek: κατάσχω (katáscho) — seize goods for official purposes