IT'S PRONOUNCED "JAIL"! UGH!

jail or gaol (dʒeɪl)

— n
1. a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted
2. informal get out of jail , get out of jail free to get out of a difficult situation

— vb
3. ( tr ) to confine in prison

[C13: from Old French jaiole cage, from Vulgar Latin caveola (unattested), from Latin cavea enclosure; see cage : the two spellings derive from the forms of the word that developed in two different areas of France, and the spelling gaol represents a pronunciation in use until the 17th century]