карцер

Borrowed from Russian ка́рцер (kárcer) or German Karzer; ultimately from Latin carcer.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkart͡sɛr]

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• Hyphenation^(key): кар‧цер

ка́рцер • (kárcer) m

1. small unlit detention cell in a prison or military barracks, for temporary, usually solitary confinement
2. the punishment of spending time in such a detention cell

   Дадоха ми 4 дена ка́рцер заради една кавга.

   Dadoha mi 4 dena kárcer zaradi edna kavga.

   They gave me 4 days of solitary confinement because I was in an argument.

• “карцер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “карцер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from Latin carcer via German Karzer.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkart͡sɨr]

ка́рцер • (kárcer) m inan (genitive ка́рцера, nominative plural ка́рцеры, genitive plural ка́рцеров)

1. lockup; punishment cell; sweatbox, isolation ward