Jail

//d͡ʒeɪl//

Synonyms for "jail" (213 found)

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Closest matches (43)

Verb(2 words)
imprisonincarcerate

Strong matches (64)

Verb(3 words)
engaolenjailgaol

Related words (106)

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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meronym

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related to

14 entries

similar

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used for

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Translations

146 translations across 80 languages.

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Adyghe

1 entries
  • хьэпс noun (place for short-term confinement)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • tronk noun (place for short-term confinement)

Albanian

1 entries
  • burg noun (place for short-term confinement)

Arabic

2 entries
  • حَبْس noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • سِجْن noun (place for short-term confinement)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բանտ noun (place for short-term confinement)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • həbs noun (place for short-term confinement)

Basque

1 entries
  • espetxe noun (place for short-term confinement)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • астро́г noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • турма́ noun (place for short-term confinement)

Belizean Creole

1 entries
  • jayl noun (place for short-term confinement)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • апс noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • затво́р noun (place for short-term confinement)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အကျဉ်း noun (place for short-term confinement)

Catalan

1 entries
  • presó noun (place for short-term confinement)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏗᏓᏍᏚᏗ noun (place for short-term confinement)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 監倉 /监仓 noun (place for short-term confinement)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 監獄 /监狱 noun (place for short-term confinement)

Czech

1 entries
  • vězení noun (place for short-term confinement)

Danish

2 entries
  • arrest noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • arresthus noun (place for short-term confinement)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gevangenis noun (place for short-term confinement)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • arestejo noun (place for short-term confinement)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vangla noun (place for short-term confinement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • pidätys noun (confinement)
  • poliisivankila noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • putka noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • tyrmä noun (place for short-term confinement)

French

2 entries
  • geôle noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • prison noun (place for short-term confinement)

Galician

3 entries
  • cadea noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • prisión noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • trenla noun (place for short-term confinement)

Georgian

3 entries
  • საპატიმრო noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • საპყრობილე noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • ციხე noun (place for short-term confinement)

German

1 entries
  • Gefängnis noun (place for short-term confinement)

Greek

3 entries
  • δεσμωτήριο noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • φυλάκιση noun (confinement)
  • φυλακή noun (place for short-term confinement)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כֶּלֶא noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • מַאֲסָר noun (place for short-term confinement)

Hindi

4 entries
  • क़ैदख़ाना noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • कारागार noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • जेल noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • बन्दीघर noun (place for short-term confinement)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bebörtönzés noun (confinement)
  • börtön noun (confinement)
  • börtönbüntetés noun (confinement)
  • elzárás noun (confinement)

Ido

1 entries
  • karcero noun (place for short-term confinement)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bui noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • kurungan noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • penjara noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • rumah tahanan noun (place for short-term confinement)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • tyrmä noun (place for short-term confinement)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • carcere noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • prision noun (place for short-term confinement)

Irish

1 entries
  • carcair noun (place for short-term confinement)

Italian

4 entries
  • carcere noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • galera noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • gattabuia noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • isolamento noun (confinement)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 監獄 noun (place for short-term confinement)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • ākhòujām noun (place for short-term confinement)

Khmer

1 entries
  • គុក noun (place for short-term confinement)

Korean

2 entries
  • 감옥 noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • 교도소 noun (place for short-term confinement)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄຸກ noun (place for short-term confinement)

Latin

2 entries
  • carcer noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • ferriterium noun (place for short-term confinement)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • апс noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • затвор noun (place for short-term confinement)

Malay

1 entries
  • penjara noun (place for short-term confinement)

Mi'kmaq

1 entries
  • laplesoon noun (place for short-term confinement)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хар гэр noun (place for short-term confinement)

Navajo

1 entries
  • awáalya noun (place for short-term confinement)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • fengsel noun (place for short-term confinement)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • gibaakwa'odiiwigamig noun (place for short-term confinement)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 牢屋 noun (place for short-term confinement)

Old English

2 entries
  • carcern noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • cweartern noun (place for short-term confinement)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • زندان noun (place for short-term confinement)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • гарешт noun (place for short-term confinement)

Persian

3 entries
  • بندیخانه noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • حبسخانه noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • زندان noun (place for short-term confinement)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Jefenkjniss noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • Kjarkja noun (place for short-term confinement)

Polish

1 entries
  • więzienie noun (confinement)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • cadeia noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • cárcere noun (place for short-term confinement)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਜੇਲ੍ਹ noun (place for short-term confinement)

Romanian

3 entries
  • pușcărie noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • temniță noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • închisoare noun (place for short-term confinement)

Russian

1 entries
  • тюрьма noun (place for short-term confinement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • tamnica noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • zatvor noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • затвор noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • тамница noun (place for short-term confinement)

Slovak

1 entries
  • väzenie noun (place for short-term confinement)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zapor noun (place for short-term confinement)

Somali

1 entries
  • xabsi noun (place for short-term confinement)

Spanish

4 entries
  • chincha noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • chirona noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • chironda noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • cárcel noun (place for short-term confinement)

Swedish

1 entries
  • häkte noun (place for short-term confinement)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • piitan noun (place for short-term confinement)

Tajik

1 entries
  • зиндон noun (place for short-term confinement)

Thai

1 entries
  • คุก noun (place for short-term confinement)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • བཙོན་ཁང noun (place for short-term confinement)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • prautke noun (place for short-term confinement)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hapis noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • hapishane noun (place for short-term confinement)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • кара-бажың noun (place for short-term confinement)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • в'язни́ця noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • тюрма́ noun (place for short-term confinement)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بندیگھر noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • جیل noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • قیدخانہ noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • کاراگار noun (place for short-term confinement)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nhà tù noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • nhà tạm giam noun (place for short-term confinement)

Welsh

2 entries
  • carchar noun (place for short-term confinement)
  • jael noun (place for short-term confinement)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • nkuaj noun (place for short-term confinement)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • טורמע noun (place for short-term confinement)

Yonaguni

1 entries
  • 牢屋 noun (place for short-term confinement)

Yup'ik

1 entries
  • kantalaq noun (place for short-term confinement)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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By the time you get out of jail, she'll probably have gotten married.

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In the end, he landed in jail.

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The notorious rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.

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The rebel was ultimately captured and confined to jail.

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