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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jail /dʒeɪl/USA pronunciation n. - a prison, esp. one for holding persons who are awaiting trial or are convicted of minor offenses: [countable]The jails were crowded and filthy.[uncountable]He was taken directly to jail. He was in jail for several months.
v. [~ + object] - to take into or hold in lawful custody;
imprison:He was jailed on a lesser charge.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jail ( jāl),USA pronunciation n. - a prison, esp. one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
v.t. - to take into or hold in lawful custody;
imprison.
Also,[Brit.,] gaol. - Vulgar Latin *gaviola, variant of *caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage; see -ole1
- Old North French gaiole, Old French jaiole cage
- Middle English gaiole, jaiole, jaile 1225–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: jail, gaol /dʒeɪl/ n - a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted
vb - (transitive) to confine in prison
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French jaiole cage, from Vulgar Latin caveola (unattested), from Latin cavea enclosure; see cage: the two spellings derive from the forms of the word that developed in two different areas of France, and the spelling gaol represents a pronunciation in use until the 17th century gaol /dʒeɪl/USA pronunciation n., v. [Brit.]- British Termsjail.
gaol•er, n. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024gaol (jāl),USA pronunciation n., v.t. [Brit.]- British Termsjail.
gaol′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gaol /dʒeɪl/ n , vb - Brit
a variant spelling of jail
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