Emprisonnement

Part of Speech

adverb

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Gefängnisstrafe , 🇪🇸 encarcelado , 🇮🇹 imprigionato , 🇵🇹 imprisionado , 🇨🇳 监禁 , 🇯🇵 投獄 , 🇰🇷 수용소 생활 , 🇸🇦 سجن , 🇮🇳 गिरफ्तारी

Definition

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Etymology

“Emprisonnement” comes from the verb **emprisonner**, itself formed in the early 16th century by adding the prefix **em‑** (variant of **en‑**, meaning “to put into”) to **prison**. The noun **prison** originates from the Latin *prisionem* “captivity, imprisonment”, derived from *prendere* “to seize, capture”. Thus **emprisonnement** literally means “the act or state of putting into imprisonment,” with the modern French noun formed by adding the abstract suffix **‑ment** to the verb.

Synonyms

incarcération détention confinement mise en prison captivité prisonnièrement emprisonnement (synonyme commun)

Antonyms

liberté affranchissement délivrance libération exempte