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carcere.

jail, prison

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkar.t͡ʃe.re/
  1. jail, prison

    also · archaic · feminine · figuratively · literary · masculine
  2. imprisonment

    archaic · feminine · literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Latin carcerem, from Proto-Italic *karkros, from Proto-Indo-European *kr-kr- (“circular”), reduplication of *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”), in the sense of “enclosure”. Cognate to Old Catalan càrcer/carçre, Spanish cárcel and Portuguese cárcere.

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