imprison

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• /ɪmˈpɹɪzən/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P R IH1 Z AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison.

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: burgos — put in prison
• Arabic: حَبَسَ (ḥabasa) — put in prison
• Arabic: سَجَنَ (sajana) — put in prison
• Arabic: حبس (ḥabas) — put in prison
• Arabic: تحبس (taḥbas) — put in prison
• Armenian: բանտարկել (bantarkel) — put in prison
• Armenian: կալանավորել (kalanavorel) — put in prison
• Asturian: encarcelar — put in prison
• Bulgarian: опандизвам (opandizvam) — put in prison
• Catalan: empresonar — put in prison
• Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏚᎲᏍᎦ (asduhvsga) — put in prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 關押 /关押 (guānyā) — put in prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 監禁 /监禁 (jiānjìn) — put in prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 下獄 /下狱 (xiàyù) — put in prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 囚禁 (qiújìn) — put in prison
• Choctaw: yukachi — put in prison
• Chukchi: ёк (jok) — put in prison
• Czech: věznit — put in prison
• Czech: uvěznit — put in prison
• Danish: fængsle — put in prison
• Dongxiang: kha — put in prison
• Esperanto: enprizonigi — put in prison
• Esperanto: malliberigi — put in prison
• Finnish: vangita — put in prison
• French: emprisonner — put in prison
• French: mettre en prison — put in prison
• Old French: anprisoner — put in prison
• German: einsperren — put in prison
• German: einkerkern — put in prison
• Greek: φυλακίζω (fylakízo) — put in prison
• Ancient Greek: φυλακίζω (phulakízō) — put in prison
• Hawaiian: hoʻopaʻahao — put in prison
• Hungarian: bebörtönöz — put in prison
• Icelandic: fangelsa — put in prison
• Indonesian: memenjarakan — put in prison
• Irish: cuir i bpríosún — put in prison
• Irish: cuir i ngéibheann — put in prison
• Italian: imprigionare — put in prison
• Italian: incarcerare — put in prison
• Japanese: 刑務所に入れる (keimusho ni ireru) — put in prison
• Japanese: 投獄する (tōgoku suru) — put in prison
• Japanese: 閉じ込める (tojikomeru) — put in prison
• Korean: 투옥(投獄)하다 (tuokhada) — put in prison
• Macedonian: за́твора (zátvora) — put in prison
• Manx: cur ayns pryssoon — put in prison
• Manx: pryssoonee — put in prison
• Māori: mauhere — put in prison
• Māori: whakaherehere — put in prison
• Mongolian: хорих (xorix) — put in prison
• Norman: mettre en prison — put in prison
• Norwegian: fengsle — put in prison
• Old English: hæftan — put in prison
• Old English: ġefæstnian — put in prison
• Polish: więzić — put in prison
• Polish: uwięzić — put in prison
• Portuguese: aprisionar — put in prison
• Portuguese: prender — put in prison
• Portuguese: encarcerar — put in prison
• Romanian: întemnița — put in prison
• Romanian: încarcera — put in prison
• Romanian: închide — put in prison
• Russian: лиша́ть свобо́ды (lišátʹ svobódy) — put in prison
• Russian: заключа́ть в тюрьму́ (zaključátʹ v tjurʹmú) — put in prison
• Russian: сажа́ть в тюрьму́ (sažátʹ v tjurʹmú) — put in prison
• Slovak: väzniť — put in prison
• Slovak: uväzniť — put in prison
• Spanish: encarcelar — put in prison
• Spanish: aprisionar — put in prison
• Swahili: -funga — put in prison
• Swedish: fängsla — put in prison
• Thai: ขัง (kǎng) — put in prison
• Thai: จําคุก (jam-kúk) — put in prison
• Ukrainian: ув'я́знювати (uvʺjáznjuvaty) — put in prison
• Ukrainian: ув'язни́ти (uvʺjaznýty) — put in prison
• Vietnamese: bỏ tù — put in prison
• Volapük: fanäböpön — put in prison
• Volapük: fanäbükön — put in prison
• Walloon: eprijhner — put in prison
• Walloon: resserer — put in prison
• Walloon: reclôre — put in prison
• Walloon: egayoler — put in prison
• Welsh: carcharu — put in prison