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dungeon
(dʌndʒən)
Word forms: plural dungeons
countable noun
A dungeon is a dark underground prison in a castle.
Synonyms: prison, cell, cage, vault More Synonyms of dungeon
dungeon in British English
(ˈdʌndʒən)
noun
1.
a close prison cell, often underground
2. a variant of donjon
Word origin
C14: from Old French donjon; related to Latin dominus masterdungeon in American English
(ˈdʌndʒən)
noun
1.
donjon
2.
a dark underground cell, vault, or prison
verb transitive
3. Rare
to confine in a dungeon
Word origin
ME dongoun < OFr donjon, prob. < Frank *dungjo, earth-covered cellar for storing fruits: see dungImage ofdungeon
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In other languagesdungeon
British English: dungeon /ˈdʌndʒən/ NOUN
A dungeon is a dark underground prison in a castle.
- American English: dungeon
- Arabic: سَجْنٌ تـَحْتَ الَأرْض
- Brazilian Portuguese: masmorra
- Chinese: 地牢
- Croatian: tamnica
- Czech: žalář
- Danish: fangekælder
- Dutch: kerker
- European Spanish: mazmorra
- Finnish: vankiluola
- French: donjon
- German: Kerker
- Greek: μπουντρούμι
- Italian: prigione sotterranea
- Japanese: 地下牢
- Korean: 지하 감옥
- Norwegian: fangehull
- Polish: loch
- European Portuguese: masmorra
- Romanian: temniță
- Russian: темница
- Latin American Spanish: mazmorra
- Swedish: fängelsehåla
- Thai: คุกใต้ดินในปราสาท
- Turkish: zindan
- Ukrainian: темниця
- Vietnamese: ngục tối
Chinese translation of 'dungeon'
dungeon
(ˈdʌndʒən)
n (c)
-
地牢
(dìláo) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
a prison cell, often underground
the ceiling of the tiny dungeon
Synonyms
prison
They released him from prison in 1990.
cell
They took her back to the cell, and just left her there.
cage
vault
lockupoubliette
calaboose (US, informal)
donjon
boob (Australian, slang)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of cell
Definition
a small simple room in a prison, convent, or monastery
They took her back to the cell, and just left her there.
Synonyms
room,
chamber,
lock-up,
compartment,
cavity,
cubicle,
dungeon,
stallin the sense of lockup
Definition
a jail
Synonyms
prison,
can (slang),
cell,
cooler (slang),
jug (slang),
police cell,
jail or gaol,
boob (Australian, slang)
Nearby words ofdungeon
- dunce
- dune
- dung
- dungeon
- dunlin
- dunny
- duo
Synonyms of 'dungeon'
dungeon
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