"prison" meaning in Old French

See prison in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: prison oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], prisons [oblique, plural], prison [nominative, singular], prisons [nominative, plural], prisoun [alternative], prisun [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem, from prehendō. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|inh|la>prehēnsiō>seizing|id=jail}}, {{inh|fro|la|prehensiō}} Latin prehensiō Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} prison oblique singular, f (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prison, nominative plural prisons)
  1. prison
    Sense id: en-prison-fro-noun-TVkbdrcX

Noun

Forms: prison oblique singular or [canonical, masculine], prisons [oblique, plural], prisons [nominative, singular], prison [nominative, plural], prisoun [alternative], prisun [alternative]
Etymology: From Latin prehensiō, prehensiōnem, from prehendō. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|inh|la>prehēnsiō>seizing|id=jail}}, {{inh|fro|la|prehensiō}} Latin prehensiō Head templates: {{fro-noun|m}} prison oblique singular, m (oblique plural prisons, nominative singular prisons, nominative plural prison)
  1. prisoner Derived forms: prisonnier
    Sense id: en-prison-fro-noun-QclfNLqP Categories (other): Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for prison meaning in Old French (4.3kB)

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