börtön

== Hungarian == === Etymology === First attested in 1261. Of unknown origin. Its original (now obsolete) meaning was executioner; jailer. Its modern sense probably developed by splitting from the compound word börtönház (“prison, the house of the prison guard”, literally “prison house”) [1675]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbørtøn] Hyphenation: bör‧tön Rhymes: -øn === Noun === börtön (plural börtönök) prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes) Synonyms: büntetőintézet, fogház, fegyház, fogda, tömlöc confinement, imprisonment Synonyms: börtönbüntetés, szabadságvesztés Tizenöt év börtönt kaptak. ― They were sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. (figuratively) prison (any restrictive environment) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === börtön in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. börtön in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).