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Word: Jail
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage). The word came into English in two forms, jaiole from Old French and gayole from Anglo-Norman French gaole (surviving in the spelling gaol), originally pronounced with a hard g, as in goat
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dʒeɪl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
put (someone) in jail
Short Definition:put someone in jail
Examples:- the driver was jailed for two years
Variant Forms:
- gaol
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