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 Translation for 'prison' from English to French
NOUN   a prison | prisons
SYNO prison | prison house
carcéral {adj}prison [attr.]
2
Nouns
prison {f}prison
18
trou {m} [fam.]prison
dr.
pénitencier {m}
prison
dr.
geôle {f} [littéraire]
prison [dungeon]
dr.
maison {f} centrale
prison [for offenders with sentences over two years]
2 Words: Nouns
convoyeur {m} (de prisonniers)(prison) escort
dr.occup.
convoyeuse {f} (de prisonniers)
(prison) escort [female]
garde-chiourme {m}(prison) warder
dr.
cellule {f} [prison]
prison cell
occup.relig.
aumônier {m} de prison
prison chaplain
dr.
directeur {m} de la prison
prison director
dr.
directrice {f} de la prison
prison director [female]
dr.
milieu {m} carcéral
prison environment
dr.
directeur {m} de la prison
prison governor [esp. Br.]
dr.
directrice {f} de la prison
prison governor [female] [esp. Br.]
dr.occup.
surveillant {m} de prison
prison guard [Am.]
dr.occup.
surveillante {f} de prison
prison guard [Am.] [female]
île-prison {f}prison island
dr.
peine {f} de prison
prison sentence
dr.
peine {f} d'emprisonnement
prison sentence
dr.
condamnation {f} à la prison
prison sentence
dr.
peine {f} privative de liberté
prison sentence
dr.
régime {m} pénitentiaire
prison system
dr.
peine {f} d'emprisonnement
prison term
dr.
peine {f} privative de liberté
prison term
dr.
visiteur {m} de prison
prison visiter [volunteer]
dr.
visiteuse {f} de prison
prison visiter [volunteer] [female]
dr.occup.
gardien {m} de prison
prison warder [Br.]
dr.occup.
surveillant {m} de prison
prison warder [Br.]
dr.occup.
surveillante {f} de prison
prison warder [Br.] [female]
dr.occup.
gardienne {f} de prison
prison warder [female] [Br.]
3 Words: Verbs
dr.
être en tôle [fam.] [var. orth. de taule] [prison]
to be in prison
dr.
s'évader de prison
to escape from prison
dr.
emprisonner qn.
to put sb. in prison
dr.
mettre qn. en prison
to put sb. in prison
dr.
relâcher qn. de prison
to release sb. from prison
dr.
mettre qn. en prison
to send sb. to prison
dr.
jeter qn. en prison
to throw sb. in prison
4 Words: Verbs
dr.
pour éviter d'aller en prison
to avoid going to prison
dr.
s'évader de prison
to break out of prison
s'enfuir de la prisonto escape from (the) prison
arch.
présenter l'aspect d'une prison
to look like a prison
4 Words: Nouns
dr.
allègement {m} de la peine
reduction in prison term
dr.
condamnation {f} à dix ans de prison
ten-year prison sentence
5+ Words: Others
littérat.philos.sociol.
Surveiller et punir [Michel Foucault]
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
5+ Words: Verbs
dr.
risquer vingt ans de prison
to face twenty years in prison
dr.
punir qn. d'une peine d'emprisonnement
to punish sb. with a prison sentence
tirer cinq ans en prison [fam.]to spend five years in prison
dr.
passer ses meilleures années en prison
to spend one's best years in prison
5+ Words: Nouns
dr.
peine {f} incompressible
prison term with no provision for remission
Fiction (Literature and Film)
dr.sociol.F
Surveiller et punir : naissance de la prison [Michel Foucault] [1975]
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
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Translation for 'prison' from English to French

prison [attr.]
carcéral {adj}

prison
prison {f}

trou {m} [fam.]

pénitencier {m}dr.
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prison [dungeon]
geôle {f} [littéraire]dr.
prison [for offenders with sentences over two years]
maison {f} centraledr.

(prison) escort
convoyeur {m} (de prisonniers)
(prison) escort [female]
convoyeuse {f} (de prisonniers)dr.occup.
(prison) warder
garde-chiourme {m}
prison cell
cellule {f} [prison]dr.
prison chaplain
aumônier {m} de prisonoccup.relig.
prison director
directeur {m} de la prisondr.
prison director [female]
directrice {f} de la prisondr.
prison environment
milieu {m} carcéraldr.
prison governor [esp. Br.]
directeur {m} de la prisondr.
prison governor [female] [esp. Br.]
directrice {f} de la prisondr.
prison guard [Am.]
surveillant {m} de prisondr.occup.
prison guard [Am.] [female]
surveillante {f} de prisondr.occup.
prison island
île-prison {f}
prison sentence
peine {f} de prisondr.

peine {f} d'emprisonnementdr.

condamnation {f} à la prisondr.

peine {f} privative de libertédr.
prison system
régime {m} pénitentiairedr.
prison term
peine {f} d'emprisonnementdr.

peine {f} privative de libertédr.
prison visiter [volunteer]
visiteur {m} de prisondr.
prison visiter [volunteer] [female]
visiteuse {f} de prisondr.
prison warder [Br.]
gardien {m} de prisondr.occup.

surveillant {m} de prisondr.occup.
prison warder [Br.] [female]
surveillante {f} de prisondr.occup.
prison warder [female] [Br.]
gardienne {f} de prisondr.occup.

to be in prison
être en tôle [fam.] [var. orth. de taule] [prison]dr.
to escape from prison
s'évader de prisondr.
to put sb. in prison
emprisonner qn.dr.

mettre qn. en prisondr.
to release sb. from prison
relâcher qn. de prisondr.
to send sb. to prison
mettre qn. en prisondr.
to throw sb. in prison
jeter qn. en prisondr.

to avoid going to prison
pour éviter d'aller en prisondr.
to break out of prison
s'évader de prisondr.
to escape from (the) prison
s'enfuir de la prison
to look like a prison
présenter l'aspect d'une prisonarch.

reduction in prison term
allègement {m} de la peinedr.
ten-year prison sentence
condamnation {f} à dix ans de prisondr.

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
Surveiller et punir [Michel Foucault]littérat.philos.sociol.

Surveiller et punir : naissance de la prison [Michel Foucault] [1975]dr.sociol.F

to face twenty years in prison
risquer vingt ans de prisondr.
to punish sb. with a prison sentence
punir qn. d'une peine d'emprisonnementdr.
to spend five years in prison
tirer cinq ans en prison [fam.]
to spend one's best years in prison
passer ses meilleures années en prisondr.

prison term with no provision for remission
peine {f} incompressibledr.
  • prison {f} = prison
  • prison {f} = jail
  • île-prison {f} = prison island
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Usage Examples English
  • There is a national prison nearby, HM Prison Leyhill, which was converted into a prison from an army hospital in the post-war period.
  • Coldingley Prison – a Category C prison. Several streets were laid out and built-up to house prison officers.
  • In 1961, part of Murru prison was changed to an autonomous prison called Rummu Prison. Rummu Prison existed until 2000.
  • The history of the prison may be divided into four broad phases: court prison, prison under Nazi regime, prison during communist period, and present day museum.
  • Hamzah was a prison officer at Prison Department of Malaysia, his final rank before retiring from prison force was Deputy Superintendent of Prison.

  • The municipality had a prison (Arendal Prison), however Agder Prison opened in 2020; Arendal Prison was sold the next year.
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