dungeon
pronunciation
How to pronounce dungeon in British English:
UK [ˈdʌndʒən]
How to pronounce dungeon in American English:
US [ˈdʌndʒən]
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- Noun:
- the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
Word Origin
- dungeon
- dungeon: [14] In common with a wide range of other English words, including danger, demesne, dominion, domino, and don, dungeon comes ultimately from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. Derived from this was dominium ‘property’ (source of English dominion), which in postclassical times became dominiō or domniō, meaning ‘lord’s tower’.In Old French this became donjon, the term for a ‘castle keep’, and eventually, by extension, a ‘secure (underground) cell’. English acquired the package in the 14th century, but in common usage has retained only the latter sense, in the adapted Middle English spelling (although the original Old French form remains in use as a technical term for a ‘castle keep’).=> dame, danger, demesne, dominion, dominate
- dungeon (n.)
- c. 1300, "great tower of a castle," from Old French donjon "great tower of a castle" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *dominionem, from Late Latin dominium, from Latin dominus "master" (of the castle; see domain). Sense of "castle keep" led to "strong (underground) cell" in English early 14c. The original sense went with the variant donjon.
Example
- 1. Being put in the stocks outside the london dungeon .
- 2. Big british houses have traditionally used basements as dank wine storage and dungeon space .
- 3. He 's held in a dungeon , in darkness , against all international norms .
- 4. During this cutscene with apururu , she 'll ask you to meet her at the dark dungeon .
- 5. The precursor to world of warcraft and second life was developed in 1979 , and was called mud ( short for multiuser dungeon ) .