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Polish
Etymology
From the name of the oldest Roman prison Mamertine Prison (Latin Carcer Mamertinus).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmamɛr/
- Rhymes: -amɛr
- Syllabification: ma‧mer
Noun
mamer m inan
- (colloquial, Warsaw) jail, prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
- Synonyms: ciupa, koza, kryminał, paka, pierdel, pudło, więzienie, zakład karny
Declension
References
Further reading
- mamer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mamer in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Silesian
Etymology
From the name of the oldest Roman prison Mamertine Prison (Latin Carcer Mamertinus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmamɛr/
- Rhymes: -amɛr
- Syllabification: ma‧mer
Noun
mamer m inan
- (Cieszyn Silesia) jail, prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)
Further reading
- Jadwiga Wronicz, editor (2010), Słownik gwarowy Śląska Cieszyńskiego (in Silesian), Ustroń: Galeria „Na Gojach”, →ISBN