Prisoner of war

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Abbreviation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations

English

Noun

prisoner of war (plural prisoners of war)

1. A soldier or combatant who is captured by the enemy.

   As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.

Abbreviation

• POW

Adjective

prisoner-of-war (before the noun), prisoner of war (after the noun)

1. Of or relating to prisoners of war.

   After his capture he was taken to a prisoner-of-war camp.

Translations

• Chinese (simplified): 战俘 (zhanfu)
• Chinese (traditional): 戰俘
• Czech: válečný zajatec m
• Dutch: krijgsgevangene
• Finnish: sotavanki
• French: prisonnier de guerre
• German: Kriegsgefangener
• Greek: αιχμάλωτος πολέμου (aichmálōtos polémou)
• Interlingua: prisionero de guerra
• Italian: prigioniero di guerra m
• Japanese: 捕虜 (horyo)
• Korean: 전쟁 포로
• Latin: dediticius m
• Norwegian: krigsfange m
• Persian: اسیر (asir), بندی (bandi)
• Portuguese: prisioneiro de guerra
• Slovak: zajatec m (zajatci pl)
• Spanish: prisionero de guerra
• Swedish: krigsfånge
• Volapük: kligafanäböpäb