Hostage

//ˈhɒs.tɪd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "hostage" (27 found)

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Noun(1 words)
hostager

Related words (13)

Noun(1 words)
surety

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22 entries

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Translations

120 translations across 84 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • gyselaar noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Albanian

1 entries
  • peng noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὅμηρος noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Arabic

1 entries
  • رَهِينَة noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Armenian

1 entries
  • պատանդ noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ওল noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • girov noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • аманат noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • закла́днік noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • закла́дніца noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • зало́жнік noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • зало́жніца noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • зало́жник noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • зало́жница noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • зало́жничка noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဓားစာခံ noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ostatge noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 人質 /人质 noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 人質 /人质 noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 人質 /人质 noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • 俘虜 /俘虏 noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Czech

1 entries
  • rukojmí noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Danish

1 entries
  • gidsel noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gijzelaar noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ostaĝo noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pantvang noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Finnish

1 entries
  • panttivanki noun (person given as a pledge or security)

French

1 entries
  • otage noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Galician

2 entries
  • arrafén noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • refén noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მძევალი noun (person given as a pledge or security)

German

1 entries
  • Geisel noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Greek

1 entries
  • όμηρος noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • otaj noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בֶּן עֲרֻבָּה noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • בַּת עֲרֻבָּה noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बंधक noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • túsz noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • gísl noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • sandera noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • hostage noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • ostage noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Irish

4 entries
  • banna noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • brá noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • geall noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • giall noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Italian

1 entries
  • ostaggio noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 人質 noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • аманат noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចំណាប់ខ្មាំង noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Korean

2 entries
  • 볼모 noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • 인질 noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • аманат noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • барымта noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • заложник noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຕົວຈຳນຳ noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Latin

1 entries
  • obses noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Latvian

2 entries
  • ķīlniece noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • ķīlnieks noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • įkaitas noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • заложник noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • заложница noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • заложничка noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Malay

2 entries
  • orang tebusan noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • tebusan noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡩᠠᠮᡨᡠᠨ noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Manx

1 entries
  • raane noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • барьцаа noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Māori

1 entries
  • mauhere paremata noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • rehîne noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • gissel noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • gissel noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ostatge noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • таль noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Old English

1 entries
  • ġīsl noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • gíall noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Old Polish

2 entries
  • obsiadły noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • zastawca noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Pashto

1 entries
  • يرغمل noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Persian

3 entries
  • رَهین noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • گِروگان noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • یَرْغَمال noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Polish

2 entries
  • zakładniczka noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • zakładnik noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • refém noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Romanian

2 entries
  • ostatic noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • ostatică noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Russian

2 entries
  • зало́жник noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • зало́жница noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • taokinja noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • tálac noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • та́лац noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • таокиња noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Slovak

2 entries
  • rukojemník noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • rukojemníčka noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Slovene

2 entries
  • talec noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • talka noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Spanish

1 entries
  • rehén noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Swahili

2 entries
  • ghanima noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • mateka noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Swedish

1 entries
  • gisslan noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Tajik

1 entries
  • гаравгон noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Tamil

3 entries
  • கிரி noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • பிணைக்கைதி noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • பிணையாளி noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Tatar

1 entries
  • тотык noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బందీ noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Thai

1 entries
  • ตัวประกัน noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Turkish

2 entries
  • rehine noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • tutak noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • girew noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • зару́чник noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • зару́чниця noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Urdu

2 entries
  • رَہِین noun (person given as a pledge or security)
  • یَرْغَمال noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • تۇتقۇن noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • garov noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • con tin noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gwystl noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אָרעווניק noun (person given as a pledge or security)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

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He tried to brave it out while held as a hostage.

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Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.

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Tom was held hostage.

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He tried to be brave while he was being held hostage.

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