confinament

Catalan

Etymology

From confinar + -ment.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fi.nəˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fi.nəˈment]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [koɱ.fi.naˈment]

Noun

confinament m (plural confinaments)

  1. lockdown (the confinement of people in their own homes)
    • 2020 February 10, Daniel Bonaventura, “"Necessito abraçades i petons" ["I need hugs and kisses"]”, in Ara:
      Amb el confinament feia mesos que no podia visitar-la i tinc por de passar a ser un desconegut per a la meva pròpia mare.
      With the lockdown, it's been months since I've been able to visit her and I'm afraid of becoming a stranger to my own mother.
  2. confinement

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

confinar + -ment

Noun

confinament m (plural confinaments)

  1. confinement
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