noun · rare

dungeon

dungeon · dungeons

підземелля, темниця

подземелье, склеп, темница

Kerker, Verlies

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castleAn underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.

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/ˈdʌn.d͡ʒən/

» Put that spy in the dungeon.

Meaning

6 senses

An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
Verlies, Kerker
темни́цаtemníca, склепsklep, подземе́льеpodzemélʹje
темни́цяtemnýcja, підземе́лляpidzeméllja
The low area between two drumlins.
An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure, and bosses.
A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
(obsolete)The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
Donjon
гла́вная ба́шняglávnaja bášnja, донжо́нdonžón
the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
(obsolete)A shrewd person.

Examples

29 sentences

Put that spy in the dungeon.
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Ziri will die in a dungeon.
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Gabor went down to the dungeon.
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Ziri was taken to a dungeon.
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She was taken to a dungeon.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

underground prison or vault:

Русский

By meaning 2

underground prison or vault:

the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

underground prison or vault:

the main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon:

Origin

From Middle English dongeoun (“keep of a castle; dungeon; abyss, cave, den; whirlpool”), f

From Middle English dongeoun (“keep of a castle; dungeon; abyss, cave, den; whirlpool”), from Anglo-Norman donjun (“keep of a castle; keep used as a prison; dungeon”) and continental Old French donjon (“keep of a castle”), from Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem, seemingly derived from Latin dominus (“master, lord”) perhaps via some figurative sense like “dominant building”. Doublet of donjon. The sense of “prison (associated with a castle)”, first attested in Anglo-Norman (13th c.) and apparently never in continental Old French, likely developed in combination with Old English dung (“underground prison cell”), whence Middle English donge (“pit, abyss”, senses that are also attested for Middle English dongeoun).

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