prison
French, noun/pʁi.zɔ̃/
prison is spelled P-R-I-S-O-N (6 letters) and appears 89 times per million words in written French, the 941st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prison is a French feminine noun meaning “prison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Endroit clos où sont enfermées les personnes condamnées à une peine de privation de liberté ou les prévenus…”.
What does prison mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprison
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Endroit clos où sont enfermées les personnes condamnées à une peine de privation de liberté ou les prévenus en attente de jugement. 2. Peine afflictive subie dans un tel lieu ; emprisonnement. 3. Ce qui tient enfermé quelqu’un ou quelque chose. 4. Lieu sombre et triste.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prison
- prisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prison?
- /pʁi.zɔ̃/
- \pʁi.zɔ̃\
- [yn pʁi.zɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prison in French?
prison appears 89 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).