prisoner

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪzənə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪznə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹɪzənɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈpɹɪznɚ/
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• Australian: /ˈpɹɪzənə/
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• Australian: /ˈpɹɪznə/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IH1 Z AH0 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English prisoner, from Old French prisonier (compare Medieval Latin prisōnārius), equivalent to prison + -er.

268 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: абаандаҩы́ (abaandajwə́) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Albanian: i burgosur — person incarcerated in a prison
• Albanian: i burgosun — person incarcerated in a prison
• Albanian: rob — person incarcerated in a prison
• Arabic: سَجِين (sajīn) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Arabic: سَجِينَة (sajīna) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Arabic: مَحْبُوس (maḥbūs) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Arabic: مَحْبُوسَة (maḥbūsa) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Armenian: բանտարկյալ (bantarkyal) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Asturian: presu — person incarcerated in a prison
• Asturian: prisioneru — person incarcerated in a prison
• Azerbaijani: məhbus — person incarcerated in a prison
• Azerbaijani: əsir — person incarcerated in a prison
• Belarusian: вя́зень (vjázjenʹ) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Belarusian: зняво́лены (znjavóljeny) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Belarusian: арышта́нт (aryštánt) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Belarusian: арышта́нтка (aryštántka) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Bengali: বন্দী (bondi) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Bengali: জিন্দানবাসী (zindanbaśī) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Breton: prizoniad — person incarcerated in a prison
• Bulgarian: затво́рник (zatvórnik) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Bulgarian: затво́рничка (zatvórnička) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Bulgarian: затво́рница (zatvórnica) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Burmese: ထောင်သား (htaungsa:) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Catalan: pres — person incarcerated in a prison
• Catalan: presoner — person incarcerated in a prison
• Cebuano: bilanggo — person incarcerated in a prison
• Chinese Mandarin: 囚犯 (qiúfàn) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Czech: vězeň — person incarcerated in a prison
• Czech: vězeňkyně — person incarcerated in a prison
• Danish: fange — person incarcerated in a prison
• Dutch: gevangene — person incarcerated in a prison
• Egyptian: x:n:r-A13 (ḫnr) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Esperanto: malliberulo — person incarcerated in a prison
• Esperanto: kaptito — person incarcerated in a prison
• Esperanto: prizonulo — person incarcerated in a prison
• Estonian: vang — person incarcerated in a prison
• Estonian: karistatu — person incarcerated in a prison
• Faroese: fangi — person incarcerated in a prison
• Finnish: vanki — person incarcerated in a prison
• French: prisonnier — person incarcerated in a prison
• French: prisonnière — person incarcerated in a prison
• Galician: preso — person incarcerated in a prison
• Galician: prisioneiro — person incarcerated in a prison
• Georgian: პატიმარი (ṗaṭimari) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Georgian: ტუსაღი (ṭusaɣi) — person incarcerated in a prison
• German: Gefangener — person incarcerated in a prison
• German: Gefangene — person incarcerated in a prison
• German: Häftling — person incarcerated in a prison
• German: Strafgefangener — person incarcerated in a prison
• German: Gefängnisinsasse — person incarcerated in a prison
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰 (bandja) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Greek: κρατούμενος (kratoúmenos) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Greek: φυλακισμένος (fylakisménos) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Ancient Greek: δεσμώτης (desmṓtēs) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Haitian Creole: prizonye — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hebrew: אָסִיר (asír) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hebrew: אֲסִירָה (asirá) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hiligaynon: bilanggo — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hindi: बँधुआ (bandhuā) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hindi: बंदी (bandī) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hindi: क़ैदी (qaidī) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hindi: बद्धक (baddhak) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hungarian: rab — person incarcerated in a prison
• Hungarian: fogoly — person incarcerated in a prison
• Icelandic: fangi — person incarcerated in a prison
• Icelandic: bandingi — person incarcerated in a prison
• Ilocano: balud — person incarcerated in a prison
• Indonesian: tahanan — person incarcerated in a prison
• Irish: cime — person incarcerated in a prison
• Irish: príosúnach — person incarcerated in a prison
• Italian: prigioniero — person incarcerated in a prison
• Italian: prigioniera — person incarcerated in a prison
• Japanese: 囚人 (shūjin) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Japanese: 捕虜 (horyo) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Jarai: mơnă — person incarcerated in a prison
• Kazakh: қамалған (qamalğan) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Kazakh: қамалушы (qamaluşy) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Kazakh: қорытылған (qorytylğan) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Kazakh: тұтқын (tūtqyn) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Khmer: អ្នកទោស (nĕək tooh) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Khmer: មនុស្សទោស (mɔɔmɔnuh tooh) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Khmer: ឈ្លើយ (chləəy) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Korean: 죄수 (joesu) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Korean: 죄인 (joein) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Korean: 수감자 (sugamja) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Korean: 재소자 (jaesoja) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Korean: 기결수 (gigyeolsu) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Northern Kurdish: girtî — person incarcerated in a prison
• Northern Kurdish: zindanî — person incarcerated in a prison
• Northern Kurdish: êsîr — person incarcerated in a prison
• Northern Kurdish: dîl — person incarcerated in a prison
• Northern Kurdish: bendî — person incarcerated in a prison
• Kyrgyz: камалуучу (kamaluucu) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Kyrgyz: туткун (tutkun) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Lao: ນັກໂທດ (nak thōt) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Lao: ຊະເລີຍ (sa lœ̄i) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Latin: captus — person incarcerated in a prison
• Latvian: ieslodzītais — person incarcerated in a prison
• Latvian: cietumnieks — person incarcerated in a prison
• Latvian: gūsteknis — person incarcerated in a prison
• Lithuanian: kalinys — person incarcerated in a prison
• Luxembourgish: Prisonnéier — person incarcerated in a prison
• Luxembourgish: Gefaangenen — person incarcerated in a prison
• Macedonian: затвореник (zatvorenik) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Macedonian: затвореничка (zatvorenička) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Macedonian: затвореница (zatvorenica) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Malay: banduan — person incarcerated in a prison
• Malayalam: തടവുപുള്ളി (taṭavupuḷḷi) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Malayalam: തടവുകാരൻ (taṭavukāraṉ) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Maltese: priġunier — person incarcerated in a prison
• Maltese: maqbud — person incarcerated in a prison
• Māori: herehere — person incarcerated in a prison
• Marathi: कैदी (kaidī) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Mongolian: хоригдол (xorigdol) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Mongolian: хоригдогч (xorigdogč) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Norwegian Bokmål: fange — person incarcerated in a prison
• Occitan: presonièr — person incarcerated in a prison
• Old English: rǣpling — person incarcerated in a prison
• Old Norse: bandingi — person incarcerated in a prison
• Pashto: بندي (bandí) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Pashto: اسير (asír) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Persian: زندانی (zendâni) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Persian: بندی (bandi) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Persian: اسیر (asir) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Persian: محبوس (mahbus) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Plautdietsch: Jefangna — person incarcerated in a prison
• Polish: więzień — person incarcerated in a prison
• Polish: więźniarka — person incarcerated in a prison
• Portuguese: prisioneiro — person incarcerated in a prison
• Portuguese: preso — person incarcerated in a prison
• Romanian: pușcăriaș — person incarcerated in a prison
• Romanian: prizonier — person incarcerated in a prison
• Russian: заключённый (zaključónnyj) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Russian: заключённая (zaključónnaja) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Russian: ареста́нт (arestánt) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Russian: ареста́нтка (arestántka) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Samoan: pāgotā — person incarcerated in a prison
• Sanskrit: see Thesaurus:बन्दिन् — person incarcerated in a prison
• Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: затворѐнӣк — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: затворѐница — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: ка̏жњенӣк — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: заробљѐнӣк — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: заробљѐница — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: zatvorènīk — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: zatvorènica — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: kȁžnjenīk — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: zarobljènīk — person incarcerated in a prison
• Serbo-Croatian: zarobljènica — person incarcerated in a prison
• Slovak: väzeň — person incarcerated in a prison
• Slovak: väzeňkyňa — person incarcerated in a prison
• Slovene: zapornik — person incarcerated in a prison
• Slovene: zapornica — person incarcerated in a prison
• Slovene: jetnik — person incarcerated in a prison
• Slovene: jetnica — person incarcerated in a prison
• Spanish: prisionero — person incarcerated in a prison
• Spanish: preso — person incarcerated in a prison
• Swahili: mahabusu — person incarcerated in a prison
• Swahili: mfungwa — person incarcerated in a prison
• Swedish: fånge — person incarcerated in a prison
• Swedish: fängelsekund — person incarcerated in a prison
• Swedish: intern — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tagalog: bilanggo — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tagalog: kalabos — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tajik: маҳбус (mahbus) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tajik: зиндони (zindon-i) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tajik: асир (asir) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tamil: கைதி (kaiti) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Telugu: ఖైదీ (khaidī) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tewa: pan — person incarcerated in a prison
• Thai: นักโทษ (nák-tôot) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Thai: เชลย (chá-ləəi) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tibetan: བཙོན་པ (btson pa) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Turkish: mahkum — person incarcerated in a prison
• Turkish: mahpus — person incarcerated in a prison
• Turkish: esir — person incarcerated in a prison
• Ottoman Turkish: اسیر (esir) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Turkmen: tussag — person incarcerated in a prison
• Turkmen: ýesir — person incarcerated in a prison
• Tuvan: кара-бажыңнаттырган (kara-bajıñnattırgan) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Ukrainian: в'я́зень (vʺjázenʹ) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Ukrainian: арешта́нт (areštánt) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Ukrainian: арешта́нтка (areštántka) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Urdu: قیدی (qaidī) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Urdu: بندی (bandī) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Uzbek: mahbus — person incarcerated in a prison
• Uzbek: bandi — person incarcerated in a prison
• Uzbek: asir — person incarcerated in a prison
• Uzbek: mahkum — person incarcerated in a prison
• Vietnamese: tù nhân — person incarcerated in a prison
• Volapük: fanäböpäb — person incarcerated in a prison
• Volapük: hifanäböpäb — person incarcerated in a prison
• Volapük: jifanäböpäb — person incarcerated in a prison
• Volapük: fanäb — person incarcerated in a prison
• Yiddish: אַרעסטאַנט (arestant) — person incarcerated in a prison
• Asturian: presu — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Asturian: prisioneru — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Belarusian: вя́зень (vjázjenʹ) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Belarusian: пало́ннік (palónnik) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Belarusian: пало́нніца (palónnica) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Belarusian: няво́льнік (njavólʹnik) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Belarusian: няво́льніца (njavólʹnica) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Belarusian: пало́нны (palónny) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Belarusian: пало́нная (palónnaja) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Bulgarian: пле́нник (plénnik) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Bulgarian: пле́нничка (plénnička) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Bulgarian: пле́нница (plénnica) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Catalan: pres — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Catalan: presoner — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Cherokee: ᎠᏴᎩ (ayvgi) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Czech: zajatec — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Czech: zajatkyně — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Czech: vězeň — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Czech: vězeňkyně — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Finnish: vanki — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• French: prisonnier — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• French: prisonnière — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Galician: preso — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Galician: prisioneiro — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• German: Gefangener — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• German: Gefangene — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Greek: κρατούμενος (kratoúmenos) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Greek: φυλακισμένος (fylakisménos) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Greek: δέσμιος (désmios) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Irish: príosúnach — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Japanese: とりこ (toriko) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Plautdietsch: Jefangna — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Polish: jeniec — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Portuguese: prisioneiro — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Portuguese: preso — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Russian: пле́нный (plénnyj) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Russian: пле́нная f esp. POW (plénnaja) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Russian: пле́нник (plénnik) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Russian: пле́нница (plénnica) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Russian: у́зник (úznik) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Russian: у́зница (úznica) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: заробљѐнӣк — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: заробљѐница — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏знӣк — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏зница — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: zarobljènīk — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: zarobljènica — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕznīk — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕznica — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Slovak: zajatec — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Slovak: zajatkyňa — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Slovak: väzeň — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Slovak: väzeňkyňa — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Slovene: ujetnik — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Slovene: ujetnica — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Spanish: prisionero — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Spanish: preso — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Swedish: fånge — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Turkish: esir — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Turkish: tutsak — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: в'я́зень (vʺjázenʹ) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: полоне́ник (polonényk) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: полоня́нин (polonjányn) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: полоня́нка (polonjánka) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: бра́нець (bránecʹ) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: бра́нка (bránka) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: полоне́ний (polonényj) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Ukrainian: полоне́на (polonéna) — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Volapük: fanäban — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Volapük: hifanäban — figurative: any person held against his or her will
• Volapük: jifanäban — figurative: any person held against his or her will