Enfermé

Part of Speech

noun

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Translations

🇩🇪 Gefangener, der in einem geschlossenen Ort festgehalten wird. , 🇪🇸 confinado, que está retenido en un lugar cerrado , 🇮🇹 prigioniero, colui che è rinchiuso in un luogo chiuso. , 🇵🇹 prisioneiro, que está retido em um local fechado. , 🇨🇳 被关在里面 , 🇯🇵 閉じ込められた , 🇰🇷 닫힌 곳에 가두어진 사람 , 🇸🇦 الشخص المُحتجز في مكان مغلق , 🇮🇳 बंद स्थान में रोका गया व्यक्ति

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Etymology

Enfermé, the noun for a confined person, comes from the past participle of Old French *enfermer* “to lock up, close in”. *Enfermer* blends the preposition *en* (“in”) with *fermer* “to close”, which descends from Latin *firmare* “to strengthen, make firm”. The noun form entered French literature in the 17th‑18th centuries, evolving from the adjective to denote a prisoner or someone kept inside.

Synonyms

détenu prisonnier incarcéré captif retenu confiné

Antonyms

libre libéré liberté extérieur ouvert