Phrase guide

prison cell

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The room to which a prisoner is confined in a prison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a room where a prisoner is kept

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cell, jail cell

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: room

Narrower terms: bullpen, detention cell, detention centre, cooler, tank, dungeon, guardroom, hold, keep, sweatbox

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زِنْزَانَة (zinzāna) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Bulgarian: килия (kilija) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Catalan: cel·la — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 監房 /监房 (jiānfáng) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牢房 (láofáng) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Chinese Mandarin: 囚室 (qiúshì) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Danish: fængselscelle — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Dutch: cel — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Finnish: selli — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • French: cellule — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • German: Gefängniszelle — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Greek: κελί φυλακής (kelí fylakís) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Hungarian: börtöncella — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Japanese: 監房 (kanbō) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Korean: 감방 (gambang) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Macedonian: за́творска ќе́лија (zátvorska ḱélija) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Māori: herenga — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Māori: rūma herenga — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fengselscelle — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fengselscelle — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Polish: cela — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Portuguese: cela — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Russian: тюре́мная ка́мера (tjurémnaja kámera) — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Slovak: cela — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Slovak: väzenská cela — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Spanish: celda — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Spanish: calabozo — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Swedish: fängelsecell — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Swedish: cell — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Turkish: hücre — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Walloon: gayole — room to which a prisoner is confined
  • Walloon: amigo — room to which a prisoner is confined