carcere

From Latin carcerem, accusative of carcer, 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.tʃe.re/
• Hyphenation: càr‧ce‧re

carcere m or f (plural carceri f)

1. (also figuratively) jail, prison
2. imprisonment

• Whereas in the plural the noun cannot be masculine, in the singular its usage as feminine is outdated or literary.

• (jail): prigione, galera, penitenziario, (old-fashioned) casa di pena, istituto di pena, istituto penitenziario, (slang) gabbio, gattabuia
• (imprisonment): detenzione, galera, prigione, prigionia

• cercare

carcere m

1. ablative singular of carcer