asylum
A place of safety or refugeA place of safety or refuge.
» I'm requesting political asylum.
Ich beantrage politisches Asyl.
Ich bitte um politisches Asyl.
Я прошу политического убежища.
Я прошу політичного притулку.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)A place of safety or refuge.
Asyl
убе́жищеubéžišče, прибе́жищеpribéžišče, приста́нищеpristánišče
приту́локprytúlok
(uncountable)The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
(countable, dated, uncountable)A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
psychiatrische Anstalt
психиатри́ческая лече́бницаpsixiatríčeskaja lečébnica, психиатри́ческая больни́цаpsixiatríčeskaja bolʹníca, психбольни́цаpsixbolʹníca
психіатри́чна ліка́рняpsyxiatrýčna likárnja, божеві́льняboževílʹnja
- a shelter from danger or hardship
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Examples
85 sentencesI'm requesting political asylum.
Я прошу політичного притулку.
ruЯ прошу политического убежища.
deIch beantrage politisches Asyl.
I need political asylum.
Я потребую політичного притулку.
ruМне нужно получить политическое убежище.
deIch brauche politisches Asyl.
Tom has applied for political asylum.
ruТом попросил политического убежища.
All of us plan to apply for asylum.
All three of those men are asylum seekers.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
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Forms
plural: asylums / asylaSynonyms
9 synonyms- a shelter from danger or hardship:refugesanctuary
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person:mental hospitalpsychiatric hospitalmental institutioninstitutionmental homeinsane asylum
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable