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
- personhood
- personhoods
- personifiable
- personification
- personifications
- personificative
- personificator
- personified
- personifier
- personifiers
- personifies
- personify
- personifying
- personise
- personised
- personises
- personising
- personize
- personized
- personizes
- personizing
- personnel
- personnel administration
- personnel carrier
- personnel management