Jail
//d͡ʒeɪl//
Translations of "jail" (80 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | хьэпс(place for short-term confinement) | ḥɛps | |
| Afrikaans | tronk(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Albanian | burg(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Arabic | حَبْس(place for short-term confinement), سِجْن(place for short-term confinement) | ḥabs, sijn | |
| Armenian | բանտ(place for short-term confinement) | bant | |
| Azerbaijani | həbs(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Basque | espetxe(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Belarusian | астро́г(place for short-term confinement), турма́(place for short-term confinement) | astróh, turmá | |
| Belizean Creole | jayl(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Bulgarian | апс(place for short-term confinement), затво́р(place for short-term confinement) | aps, zatvór | |
| Burmese | အကျဉ်း(place for short-term confinement) | a.kyany: | |
| Catalan | presó(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Cherokee | ᏗᏓᏍᏚᏗ(place for short-term confinement) | didasdudi | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 監倉 /监仓(place for short-term confinement) | gaam¹ cong¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 監獄 /监狱(place for short-term confinement) | jiānyù | |
| Czech | vězení(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Danish | arrest(place for short-term confinement), arresthus(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Dutch | gevangenis(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Esperanto | arestejo(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Estonian | vangla(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Finnish | pidätys(confinement), poliisivankila(place for short-term confinement), putka(place for short-term confinement), tyrmä(place for short-term confinement), vankeus(confinement), vankila(place for short-term confinement), vankila(dodgeball: area for confinement) | — | |
| French | geôle(place for short-term confinement), prison(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Galician | cadea(place for short-term confinement), prisión(place for short-term confinement), trenla(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Georgian | საპატიმრო(place for short-term confinement), საპყრობილე(place for short-term confinement), ციხე(place for short-term confinement) | saṗaṭimro, saṗq̇robile, cixe | |
| German | Gefängnis(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Greek | δεσμωτήριο(place for short-term confinement), φυλάκιση(confinement), φυλακή(place for short-term confinement) | desmotírio, fylákisi, fylakí | |
| Hebrew | כֶּלֶא(place for short-term confinement), מַאֲסָר(place for short-term confinement) | kéle, maasár | |
| Hindi | क़ैदख़ाना(place for short-term confinement), कारागार(place for short-term confinement), जेल(place for short-term confinement), बन्दीघर(place for short-term confinement) | qaidxānā, kārāgār, jel, bandīghar | |
| Hungarian | bebörtönzés(confinement), börtön(confinement), börtönbüntetés(confinement), elzárás(confinement), fogda(place for short-term confinement), fogház(place for short-term confinement), szabadságvesztés(confinement) | — | |
| Ido | karcero(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Indonesian | bui(place for short-term confinement), kurungan(place for short-term confinement), penjara(place for short-term confinement), rumah tahanan(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Ingrian | tyrmä(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Interlingua | carcere(place for short-term confinement), prision(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Irish | carcair(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Italian | carcere(place for short-term confinement), galera(place for short-term confinement), gattabuia(place for short-term confinement), isolamento(confinement), prigione(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Japanese | 監獄(place for short-term confinement) | kangoku | |
| Khiamniungan Naga | ākhòujām(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Khmer | គុក(place for short-term confinement) | kuk | |
| Korean | 감옥(place for short-term confinement), 교도소(place for short-term confinement) | gamok, gyodoso | |
| Lao | ຄຸກ(place for short-term confinement) | khuk | |
| Latin | carcer(place for short-term confinement), ferriterium(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Macedonian | апс(place for short-term confinement), затвор(place for short-term confinement) | aps, zatvor | |
| Malay | penjara(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Mi'kmaq | laplesoon(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Mongolian | хар гэр(place for short-term confinement) | xar ger | |
| Navajo | awáalya(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Norwegian | fengsel(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Ojibwe | gibaakwa'odiiwigamig(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Okinawan | 牢屋(place for short-term confinement) | rūya | |
| Old English | carcern(place for short-term confinement), cweartern(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | زندان(place for short-term confinement) | zindân, zındân | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | гарешт(place for short-term confinement) | harešt | |
| Persian | بندیخانه(place for short-term confinement), حبسخانه(place for short-term confinement), زندان(place for short-term confinement) | bandixâne, habsxâne, zendân | |
| Plautdietsch | Jefenkjniss(place for short-term confinement), Kjarkja(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Polish | więzienie(confinement) | — | |
| Portuguese | cadeia(place for short-term confinement), cárcere(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਜੇਲ੍ਹ(place for short-term confinement) | jelh | |
| Romanian | pușcărie(place for short-term confinement), temniță(place for short-term confinement), închisoare(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Russian | тюрьма(place for short-term confinement) | tjurʹma | |
| Serbo-Croatian | tamnica(place for short-term confinement), zatvor(place for short-term confinement), затвор(place for short-term confinement), тамница(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Slovak | väzenie(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Slovene | zapor(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Somali | xabsi(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Spanish | chincha(place for short-term confinement), chirona(place for short-term confinement), chironda(place for short-term confinement), cárcel(place for short-term confinement), gayola(place for short-term confinement), penal(place for short-term confinement), peni(place for short-term confinement), penitenciaría(place for short-term confinement), presidio(place for short-term confinement), prisión(place for short-term confinement), trena(place for short-term confinement), trullo(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Swedish | häkte(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Tagalog | piitan(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Tajik | зиндон(place for short-term confinement) | zindon | |
| Thai | คุก(place for short-term confinement) | kúk | |
| Tibetan | བཙོན་ཁང(place for short-term confinement) | btson khang | |
| Tocharian B | prautke(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Turkish | hapis(place for short-term confinement), hapishane(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Tuvan | кара-бажың(place for short-term confinement) | kara-bajıñ | |
| Ukrainian | в'язни́ця(place for short-term confinement), тюрма́(place for short-term confinement) | vʺjaznýcja, tjurmá | |
| Urdu | بندیگھر(place for short-term confinement), جیل(place for short-term confinement), قیدخانہ(place for short-term confinement), کاراگار(place for short-term confinement) | bandīghar, jēl, qaidxānā, kārāgār | |
| Vietnamese | nhà tù(place for short-term confinement), nhà tạm giam(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Welsh | carchar(place for short-term confinement), jael(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| White Hmong | nkuaj(place for short-term confinement) | — | |
| Yiddish | טורמע(place for short-term confinement) | turme | |
| Yonaguni | 牢屋(place for short-term confinement) | duya | |
| Yup'ik | kantalaq(place for short-term confinement) | — |
tronk
burg
həbs
espetxe
jayl
presó
vězení
arrest, arresthus
gevangenis
arestejo
vangla
pidätys, poliisivankila, putka, tyrmä, vankeus, vankila, vankila
geôle, prison
cadea, prisión, trenla
Gefängnis
bebörtönzés, börtön, börtönbüntetés, elzárás, fogda, fogház, szabadságvesztés
karcero
bui, kurungan, penjara, rumah tahanan
tyrmä
carcere, prision
carcair
carcere, galera, gattabuia, isolamento, prigione
ākhòujām
carcer, ferriterium
penjara
laplesoon
awáalya
fengsel
gibaakwa'odiiwigamig
carcern, cweartern
Jefenkjniss, Kjarkja
więzienie
cadeia, cárcere
pușcărie, temniță, închisoare
tamnica, zatvor, затвор, тамница
väzenie
zapor
xabsi
chincha, chirona, chironda, cárcel, gayola, penal, peni, penitenciaría, presidio, prisión, trena, trullo
häkte
piitan
prautke
hapis, hapishane
nhà tù, nhà tạm giam
carchar, jael
nkuaj
kantalaq
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