Old English · noun
prisun
Normalised prisūn
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /priˈsuːn/[priˈzuːn]
- Syllables
- pri · ˈsuːn (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- prisonjail
Meaning
-
prison, jail
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French prisun, prison, from Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem.
Descendants
prison
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