prisoner of war

See also: prisoner-of-war

English

Noun

prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)

A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy. Abbreviations POW, PW.
As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.

Synonyms

POW

Derived terms

prisoner-of-war camp

Translations

soldier or combatant captured by the enemy

Arabic: أَسِير اَلْحَرْب‎ m (ʾasīr al-ḥarb), أَسِير‎ m (ʾasīr)
Armenian: ռազմագերի (hy) (ṙazmageri)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰俘 (zh), 战俘 (zh) (zhànfú), 俘虜 (zh), 俘虏 (zh) (fúlǔ)
Czech: zajatec (cs) m, válečný zajatec m
Dutch: krijgsgevangene (nl) m or f, oorlogsgevangene m or f
Faroese: krígsfangi m
Finnish: sotavanki (fi)
French: prisonnier de guerre (fr) m
Georgian: სამხედრო ტყვე (samxedro ṭq̇ve)
German: Kriegsgefangener (de) m, Kriegsgefangene (de) f
Greek: αιχμάλωτος πολέμου m or f (aichmálotos polémou)
Hungarian: hadifogoly (hu)
Icelandic: stríðsfangi m
Indonesian: tahanan perang
Interlingua: prisionero de guerra
Italian: prigioniero di guerra m
Japanese: 捕虜 (ja) (ほりょ, horyo)

Korean: 전쟁 포로 (jeonjaeng poro)
Latin: dediticius m
Malay: tahanan perang
Navajo: yisnááh
Norwegian: krigsfange m
Persian: اسیر‎ (fa) (asir)
Polish: jeniec wojenny m pers
Portuguese: prisioneiro de guerra m
Russian: военнопле́нный (ru) m (vojennoplénnyj), пле́нный (ru) m (plénnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: prìosanach-chogaidh m
Slovak: zajatec m (plural: zajatci)
Spanish: prisionero de guerra m
Swedish: krigsfånge (sv)
Telugu: యుద్ధ ఖైదీ (yuddha khaidī)
Thai: เชลยศึก (chá-ləəi-sʉ̀k)
Ukrainian: бранець (uk) m (bránec')
Vietnamese: tù binh (vi)
Volapük: kligafanäböpäb

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