détenu
noun
dé·te·nu
variants or détenue
¦dātᵊn¦(y)ü,
F dātnᵫ̅
plural -s
: a detained person
especially : a political prisoner in India
Word History
Etymology
French détenu (masculine), détenue (feminine), from détenu, past participle of détenir to detain, from Old French detenir
- transferring machine
- transferrins
- transferrotype
- transfers
- transfiguration
- transfigurations
- transfigure
- transfigured
- transfigurements
- transfigures
- transfiguring
- transfinite
- transfinitely
- transfix
- transfixed
- transfixes
- transfixing
- transfixion
- transfixions
- transfixt
- transform
- transform fault
- transformable
- transformance
- transformation