Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A place of safety or refuge.

    Asyl

    убе́жищеubéžišče, прибе́жищеpribéžišče, приста́нищеpristánišče

    приту́локprytúlok

  2. (uncountable)The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).

  3. (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

More definitions
  • a shelter from danger or hardship
  • a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Examples

85 sentences
  1. I'm requesting political asylum.

    Я прошу політичного притулку. — deniko

    ruЯ прошу политического убежища. — marafon

    deIch beantrage politisches Asyl. — Jens_Odo

  2. I need political asylum.

    Я потребую політичного притулку. — deniko

    ruМне нужно получить политическое убежище. — marafon

    deIch brauche politisches Asyl. — pullnosemans

  3. Tom has applied for political asylum.

    ruТом попросил политического убежища. — marafon

  4. All of us plan to apply for asylum.

  5. All three of those men are asylum seekers.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
place of safety:
mental asylum — see also mental hospital:
Русский
By meaning 2
place of safety:
mental asylum — see also mental hospital:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
place of safety:
mental asylum — see also mental hospital:

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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