English Explanatory Dictionary

carceral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to imprisonment or a prison.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑːsəɹəl/ /ˈkɑːsɹl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-carceral.wav /ˈkɑɹsəɹəl/ /ˈkɑɹsɹl̩/

Word forms

carceral

Etymology

From Late Latin carcerālis (“carceral”), from Latin carcer (“jail, prison”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn, in the sense of an enclosure”)) + -ālis (suffix forming relational adjectives).

Related words

carcerate carceration decarcerate decarceration disincarcerate disincarceration incarcerate incarceration

Derived words

carcerality carcerally
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