detain
English
/dɪˈteɪn/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To keep someone from proceeding by hold holding them back or making claims on their attention.
- (transitive) To put under custody.
- (transitive) To keep back or from; to withhold.
- (transitive) To seize goods for official purposes.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ten-
Gloss
stretch, draw, extend, pull, clench, flex
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- attainable English
- detainable English
- detainee English
- detainer English
- detainest English
- detaineth English
- detainment English
- discountenance English
- entertainer English
- impertinent English
- incontinency English
- incontinently English
- maintainer English
- redetain English
- retainer English
- retentiveness English
- retentivity English
- sustainment English
- tenure English
- tenurial English
- abstinentia Latin
- abstineo Latin
- abstineō Latin
- antenna Latin
- attingō Latin
- contentiō Latin
- continentia Latin
- contineo Latin
- continere Latin
- continēntem Latin
- continēre Latin
- detineo Latin
- detineō, detineo, detinēre Latin
- detinēre Latin
- incontinens Latin
- incontinentia Latin
- inter Latin
- manus tenere Latin
- manū Latin
- obtinēre Latin
- pertinens Latin
- pertineo Latin
- pertinere Latin
- pertineō Latin
- pertinēre, pertineo, pertineō Latin
- retentiō, retentiōnis Latin
- retentor Latin
- retentus Latin
- retineo Latin
- retineō Latin
- sustinere Latin
- sustinēre, sustineō Latin
- tener Latin
- tener, tenerum Latin
- tenerum Latin
- tenet Latin
- tenimentum Latin
- tenor Latin
- tensiō, tensiōnem Latin
- tenēre Latin
- attendibilità Italian
- detenere Italian
- detenzione Italian
- inattendibilità Italian
- tenzonare Italian
- détenir French
- pertinence French
- detención Spanish, Castilian
- detener Spanish, Castilian
- τένων Ancient Greek
- ταινία Ancient Greek
- *stengh- : *stn̥gh- Proto-Indo-European
- *ten- Proto-Indo-European
- *tend- Proto-Indo-European
- *tenkt- Proto-Indo-European
- *tn̥néwti Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-tis, *téntis Proto-Indo-European
- *tén-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *tón-os, *tónos Proto-Indo-European
- deter Portuguese
- *þanjaną Proto-Germanic
- *þindaną Proto-Germanic
- तान Sanskrit
- *teneto Proto-Slavic
- *tьnъkъ Proto-Slavic
- entretenement Old French
- de Esperanto
- deteni Esperanto
- teni Esperanto
- तनना Hindi
- तनाव Hindi
- deține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tynnu Welsh
- stingrs Latvian
- թել Old Armenian
- lieutenant Middle French
- detẽer Old Portuguese
- *tantā Proto-Celtic
- *tendō Proto-Italic
- *tenēō Proto-Italic
- *tonslis Proto-Italic