detention

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• /dɪˈtɛnʃn̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 T EH1 N SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French détention, from Latin detentio, detentionem. Equivalent to detain + -tion.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: задържа́не (zadǎržáne) — act or state
• Bulgarian: арестува́не (arestuváne) — act or state
• Chinese Mandarin: 拘留 (jūliú) — act or state
• Chinese Mandarin: 扣押 (kòuyā) — act or state
• Danish: tilbageholdelse — act or state
• Finnish: pidätys — act or state
• Finnish: pidättäminen — act or state
• French: détention — act or state
• French: arrestation — act or state
• German: Haft — act or state
• German: Gewahrsam — act or state
• Indonesian: penahanan — act or state
• Irish: coinneáil — act or state
• Japanese: 拘留 (kōryū) — act or state
• Japanese: 拘置 (kōchi) — act or state
• Japanese: 抑留 (yokuryū) — act or state
• Korean: 구류 (guryu) — act or state
• Korean: 억류 (eongnyu) — act or state
• Māori: mauheretanga — act or state
• Norwegian Bokmål: fengsling — act or state
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fengsling — act or state
• Occitan: detencion — act or state
• Polish: detencja — act or state
• Russian: задержа́ние (zaderžánije) — act or state
• Russian: аре́ст (arést) — act or state
• Swahili: kizuizini — act or state
• Tagalog: pagkabinbin — act or state
• Ukrainian: затримання (zatrymannja) — act or state
• Arabic: تَوْقِيف (tawqīf) — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Czech: zadržení — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Czech: vazba — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Danish: anholdelse — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Finnish: tutkintavankeus — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Lithuanian: areštas — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Lithuanian: sulaikymas — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Māori: mauheretanga — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Russian: содержа́ние под стра́жей (soderžánije pod strážej) — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Russian: аре́ст (arést) — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Spanish: detención — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Swahili: kizuizini — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Swedish: häktning — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Vietnamese: sự giam giữ — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Vietnamese: sự giam cầm — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Vietnamese: sự cầm tù — custody of a prisoner awaiting trial
• Chinese Mandarin: 留校察看 (liúxiàochákàn) — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Danish: eftersidning — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Finnish: jälki-istunto — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• French: retenue — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• German: Nachsitzen — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Norwegian: gjensitting — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Russian: оставле́ние (ostavlénije) — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Spanish: detención — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Swahili: kizuizini — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Swedish: kvarsittning — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Turkish: cezaya kalma — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Vietnamese: sự cấm túc — punishment given to a student for a minor infraction
• Dutch: houderschap — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• Dutch: detentie — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• Finnish: hallussapito — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• French: détention — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• German: Innehabung — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• German: Detention — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• Italian: detenzione — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• Polish: dzierżenie — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• Portuguese: detenção — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• Spanish: mera tenencia — holding in one's control with no intention to possess
• Swedish: innehav — holding in one's control with no intention to possess