carcere
See also: cárcere
Italian
Etymology
From Latin carcerem, accusative of carcer, from Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”), in the sense of “enclosure”. Cognate to Old Catalan càrcer/carçre, Spanish cárcel and Portuguese cárcere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkar.tʃe.re/
- Hyphenation: càr‧ce‧re
Noun
carcere m or f (plural carceri f)
- (also figuratively) jail, prison
- imprisonment
Usage notes
- Whereas in the plural the noun cannot be masculine, in the singular its usage as feminine is outdated or literary.
Synonyms
- (jail): prigione, galera, penitenziario, (old-fashioned) casa di pena, istituto di pena, istituto penitenziario, (slang) gabbio, gattabuia
- (imprisonment): detenzione, galera, prigione, prigionia
Derived terms
Derived terms
- carceramento
- carcerare
- carcerario
- carcerato
- carcerazione
- carcere mamertino
- carceriere
- incarceramento
- incarcerare
- incarcerazione
- scarceramento
- scarcerare
- scarcerazione
- supercarcere
Anagrams
- cercare
Latin
Noun
carcere m
- ablative singular of carcer