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prisons:
- administration pénitentiaire; régime des prisons
prison:
- boîte; prison; établissement pénitentiaire; maison de détention; maison de correction; pénitencier; maison d'arrêt
Wiktionary:
- prison → prison, cabane, placard
- prison → carcéral
- prison → prison, gnouf, cabane, bloc, gniouf, taule, placard, tôle, trou

English

Detailed Translations for prisons from English to French

prisons:

prisons [the ~] nomen

the prisons (prison system)
l'administration pénitentiaire; le régime des prisons
- administration pénitentiaire [la ~] nomen
- régime des prisons [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for prisons:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
administration pénitentiaire	prison system; prisons	prison administration
régime des prisons	prison system; prisons

Related Words for "prisons":

prison

prisons form of prison:

prison [the ~] nomen

the prison (penitentiary; jail; detention centre; prison camp; convict prison; correctional center)
la boîte; la prison; l'établissement pénitentiaire; la maison de détention; la maison de correction; le pénitencier; la maison d'arrêt
- boîte [la ~] nomen
- prison [la ~] nomen
- établissement pénitentiaire [le ~] nomen
- maison de détention [la ~] nomen
- maison de correction [la ~] nomen
- pénitencier [le ~] nomen
- maison d'arrêt [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for prison:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
boîte	convict prison; correctional center; detention centre; jail; penitentiary; prison; prison camp	bin; box; can; canister; carton; case; container; cover; crate; little can; little drum; packaging; packing; parcel; shell; storage can; storing space; tin; wrapper; wrapping
maison d'arrêt	convict prison; correctional center; detention centre; jail; penitentiary; prison; prison camp
maison de correction	convict prison; correctional center; detention centre; jail; penitentiary; prison; prison camp	bridewell; convict prison; detention centre; house of correction
maison de détention	convict prison; correctional center; detention centre; jail; penitentiary; prison; prison camp	bridewell; convict prison; detention centre; house of correction
prison	convict prison; correctional center; detention centre; jail; penitentiary; prison; prison camp	bridewell; confinement; convict prison; custody; detention; detention centre; dungeon; house of correction; imprisonment; punishment
pénitencier	convict prison; correctional center; detention centre; jail; penitentiary; prison; prison camp
établissement pénitentiaire	convict prison; correctional center; detention centre; jail; penitentiary; prison; prison camp	penal institution
-	prison house
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	penal institution

Related Words for "prison":

prisons

Synonyms for "prison":

prison house; correctional institution
situation; state of affairs

Related Definitions for "prison":

a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment¹
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement¹

Wiktionary Translations for prison:

prison

noun

place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes
- prison → prison; cabane
confinement in a prison
- prison → prison

prison

adjective

Relatif aux prisons ou aux prisonniers.
- carcéral → prison; penal

noun

Prison
- placard → slammer; jail; prison
endroit clos où enfermer les personnes condamnés à une peine de privation de liberté ou les prévenus en attente de jugement.
- prison → prison; gaol; jail; prison cell; cell; lock-up

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• prison	→ prison	↔ Gefängnis — Gebäude oder Anlage, in dem Personen, die vom Gericht zu einer unbedingten Haftstrafe verurteilt wurden, unter Verschluss gehalten werden
• prison	→ gnouf; cabane; bloc; gniouf; prison; taule; placard; tôle; trou	↔ Knast — (umgangssprachlich) Gefängnis
• prison	→ prison	↔ gevangenis — een gebouw waarin personen gevangen worden gehouden vanwege hun misdaden

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University