incarcerate

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• UK: /ɪnˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/
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The adjective is first attested in 1528, the verb in 1575; borrowed from Medieval Latin incarcerātus, perfect passive participle of incarcerō (“to imprison”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin in- (“in”) + carcer (“a prison”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բանտարկել (bantarkel) — to lock away in prison
• Bulgarian: хвърлям в затвора (hvǎrljam v zatvora) — to lock away in prison
• Catalan: empresonar — to lock away in prison
• Catalan: encarcerar — to lock away in prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 監禁 /监禁 (jiānjìn) — to lock away in prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 禁閉 /禁闭 (jìnbì) — to lock away in prison
• Czech: věznit — to lock away in prison
• Danish: indespære — to lock away in prison
• Danish: fængsle — to lock away in prison
• Dutch: opsluiten — to lock away in prison
• Dutch: gevangenzetten — to lock away in prison
• Finnish: vangita — to lock away in prison
• French: incarcérer — to lock away in prison
• French: imprisonner — to lock away in prison
• Galician: encarcerar — to lock away in prison
• German: einsperren — to lock away in prison
• Greek: φυλακίζω (fylakízo) — to lock away in prison
• Hungarian: bebörtönöz — to lock away in prison
• Irish: cuir i ngéibheann — to lock away in prison
• Italian: incarcerare — to lock away in prison
• Italian: imprigionare — to lock away in prison
• Japanese: 投獄する (tōgoku suru) — to lock away in prison
• Northern Kurdish: zîndan kirin — to lock away in prison
• Northern Kurdish: hefs kirin — to lock away in prison
• Māori: mauhere — to lock away in prison
• Māori: whakaherehere — to lock away in prison
• Occitan: encarcerar — to lock away in prison
• Polish: uwięzić — to lock away in prison
• Portuguese: prender — to lock away in prison
• Portuguese: encarcerar — to lock away in prison
• Portuguese: aprisionar — to lock away in prison
• Romanian: încarcera — to lock away in prison
• Romanian: închide — to lock away in prison
• Russian: заключа́ть в тюрьму́ (zaključátʹ v tjurʹmú) — to lock away in prison
• Russian: заключи́ть в тюрьму́ (zaključítʹ v tjurʹmú) — to lock away in prison
• Spanish: encarcelar — to lock away in prison
• Swedish: inspärra — to lock away in prison
• Thai: จําคุก (jam-kúk) — to lock away in prison
• Turkish: hapsetmek — to lock away in prison
• Ukrainian: увʼязнювати (uvʺjaznjuvaty) — to lock away in prison
• Bulgarian: затварям (zatvarjam) — to confine
• Dutch: intomen — to confine
• Greek: φυλακίζω (fylakízo) — to confine
• Italian: imprigionare — to confine
• Northern Kurdish: zîndan kirin — to confine
• Northern Kurdish: hefs kirin — to confine
• Northern Kurdish: desteser kirin — to confine
• Northern Kurdish: girtin — to confine
• Turkish: hapsetmek — to confine
• Turkish: sınırlamak — to confine