confinament

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From confinar +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[1]:
      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

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Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

confinar +‎ -ment

Noun[edit]

confinament m (plural confinaments)

  1. confinement