Dictionary

captivity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kæpˈtɪvɪti/

Etymology

From Middle English captivite, from Latin captīvitās. By surface analysis, captive + -ity. Entered into the English lexicon around the 14th century.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being captive.
   • escape from captivity
   • held in captivity
   • The animals lived in captivity at the zoo.
   • He wrote a memoir about his years in captivity.
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A group of people/beings captive.
3. (countable, uncountable) The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
   • long captivity

Forms

Deriveds

anticaptivity · semicaptivity · precaptivity

Relateds

captor · captive

Translations (76)

sv fångenskap (period of being captive) · ca captivitat (state of being captive) · es captividad (state of being captive) · ca captiveri (state of being captive) · ru плен (state of being captive) · cs zajetí (state of being captive) · ko 감금 (state of being captive) · sh zarobljeníštvo (period of being captive) · es captiverio (state of being captive) · fa اسارت (state of being captive) · uk нево́ля (state of being captive) · cmn 囚禁 (state of being captive) · grc αἰχμαλωσία (state of being captive) · sk zajatie (state of being captive) · it cattività (state of being captive) · sh заробљени́штво (period of being captive) · nl gevangenschap (state of being captive) · be няво́ля (state of being captive) · he שֶׁבִי (state of being captive) · cs zajetí (period of being captive) · ar سَبْي (state of being captive) · bg плен (state of being captive) · mk заробеништво (state of being captive) · cmn 拘禁 (state of being captive) · gl catividade (state of being captive) · la captīvitās (state of being captive) · ota اسیرلك (state of being captive) · gl cativerio (state of being captive) · cjs олча (state of being captive) · hy գերություն (state of being captive) · ka ტყვეობა (state of being captive) · ja 監禁 (state of being captive) · vi tù binh (state of being captive) · sh заробљени́штво (state of being captive) · ru плен (period of being captive) · fi vankeus (state of being captive) · ro captivitate (state of being captive) · uk поло́н (state of being captive) · hu fogság (state of being captive) · sh zarobljeníštvo (state of being captive) · de Gefangenschaft (state of being captive) · cmn 關押 /关押 (state of being captive) · alt олјо (state of being captive) · ltg vaņgeiba (state of being captive) · ru нево́ля (state of being captive) · fi vankeusaika (period of being captive) · ru нево́ля (period of being captive) · es cautividad (state of being captive) · el αιχμαλωσία (state of being captive) · ru поло́н (state of being captive) · de Gefangenschaft (period of being captive) · he שִׁבְיָה (state of being captive) · pt cativeiro (period of being captive) · cy caethiwed (state of being captive) · ltg navaļa (state of being captive) · be пало́н (state of being captive) · ckb دیلی (state of being captive) · ga broid (state of being captive) · tr esaret (state of being captive) · cmn 桎梏 (state of being captive) · cmn 樊籠 /樊笼 (state of being captive) · ka მონობა (state of being captive) · sv fångenskap (state of being captive) · ar أَسْر (state of being captive) · mk пленство (state of being captive) · cmn 監禁 /监禁 (state of being captive) · es cautiverio (state of being captive) · lv gūsts (state of being captive) · mi whakarau (state of being captive) · sl ujetništvo (state of being captive) · pt catividade (state of being captive) · cmn 囹圄 (state of being captive) · cmn 拘押 (state of being captive) · fi vankeus (period of being captive) · pl niewola (state of being captive) · fr captivité (state of being captive)