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masculine

/de.tə.ny/

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Translation

prisoner, inmate, detainee

Word origin

The past participle of détenir ('to hold, to detain'), from Latin detinere, built from de ('away') and tenere ('to hold').

Origin: Latin
Root: detinere
English cognates: detainee, detain, tenant

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraldétenus

Examples

The inmate left his cell this morning.

The prisoners eat at midday.

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A prisoner escaped during the night.

She visits a prisoner every week.

This detainee has been awaiting trial for two years.

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This word is part of lesson 54.