dungeon

Etymology
From, which was borrowed from ,    from , derived from. .

For the development of the sense "underground cell below the keep of a castle", first attested in Anglo-Norman (13th c.) and not in other varieties of Old French, compare the unrelated. An early manuscript (c1300) of the Middle English poem A disputacion bytwene þe bodi and þe soule contains the lines "Þe erþe hemsulf it lek aȝeyn, Anon þe donge it was fordit" which are replaced in the later Vernon manuscript (c1390) by "The eorthe closede hit self aȝeyn, And the dungoun was for-dit."

The game term has been popularized by Dungeons & Dragons.

Noun

 * 1) An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
 * 2) The low area between two drumlins.
 * 3)  The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
 * 4)  A  person.
 * 5)  An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure, and bosses.
 * 6)  A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
 * 1)  A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.

Translations

 * Albanian: dhomë e nëndheshmë
 * Arabic: زِنْزَانَة
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: calabós, tàvega,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fangekælder
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: karcero, ublieto, forgesejo, forgeskelo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: câbozo,, cárcere
 * Georgian: დილეგი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: γόργυρα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: काल कोठरी, ,,, क़ैदख़ाना, , , ,
 * Hungarian:, földalatti börtön,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Irish: doinsiún
 * Italian: prigione sotterranea,
 * Japanese: 地下牢
 * Korean: 던전
 * Latin: carcer,
 * Laz: დილეღი
 * Macedonian: зандана
 * Maori: poka herehere
 * Middle English: dongeoun
 * Mingrelian: დილეკი
 * Norwegian: fangekjeller, fangehull
 * Old English: dung, dimhūs
 * Persian: سیاهچال, گریچه
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, , calaboiço
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: донжон кула
 * Slovene: ječa
 * Spanish: ,
 * Svan: დჷლიგ
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: bartolina
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: темни́ця, підземе́лля
 * Vietnamese: tầng hâm
 * Walloon:


 * Catalan: torre mestra, torre de l'homenatge
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 城堡主樓,
 * Esperanto: loĝejturo
 * Finnish: keskustorni
 * French: ,
 * Galician: crochel
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Middle English: dongeoun
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: гла́вная ба́шня,
 * Spanish:


 * Marathi:
 * Telugu: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To imprison in a dungeon.