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English
Etymology
From jail + bird, circa 1600.[1] Compare gallows bird.
Pronunciation
Noun
jailbird (plural jailbirds)
- A prisoner or an ex-prisoner
Translations
prisoner or ex-prisoner
- Bulgarian: затворник (bg) m (zatvornik)
- Danish: vaneforbryder c, recidivist c, fængselsfugl c
- Finnish: vanki (fi) (prisoner), entinen vanki (former prisoner), vankilakundi (colloquial)
- French: taulard (fr) m, taularde (fr) f, tôlard (fr) m, tôlarde (fr) f
- Georgian: პატიმარი (ṗaṭimari), ტუსაღი (ṭusaɣi)
- German: Knacki (de) m, Ex Knacki m, Knastbruder (de) m, Knastschwester (de) f, Knastologe m (humorous), Knastologin f (humorous), Häftling (de) m, Ex-Häftling m
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fengselsfugl (no) m
- Nynorsk: fengselsfugl m
- Polish: kryminalista (pl) m
- Russian: заключённый (ru) m (zaključónnyj), заключённая (ru) m (zaključónnaja), ареста́нт (ru) m (arestánt), ареста́нтка (ru) f (arestántka), рецидиви́ст (ru) m (recidivíst) (repeater, old offender), у́рка (ru) m or f (úrka) (criminal slang; opposed to political prisoner)
- Spanish: presidiario (es) m, presidiario reincidente m, reincidente (es)
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