dungeon
To imprison in a dungeonTo imprison in a dungeon.
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Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo imprison in a dungeon.
Examples
29 sentencesPut that spy in the dungeon.
Ziri will die in a dungeon.
Gabor went down to the dungeon.
Ziri was taken to a dungeon.
She was taken to a dungeon.
Origin
From Middle English dongeoun (“keep of a castle; dungeon; abyss, cave, den; whirlpool”), fFrom 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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Forms
dungeons, dungeoning, dungeoned, dungeonedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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