Bastille en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- [bæˈstɪəɫ] (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbɑː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /bæˈstil/ (General-American)
- /bɑː-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbæstɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /bæˈstiːl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Borrowed from French Bastille, from bastille (“fortress”): see further at the English entry bastille. The building was known in full as the Bastille Saint-Antoine, and was a former fortress used as a prison by the French monarchy in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Meanings
- A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastile | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| the Bastille | canonical | lexicographic |
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Translations (14)
hy Բաստիլ (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · fr Bastille (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · pt Bastilha (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · fi Bastilji (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · tr Bastille (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · ro Bastilia (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · ko 바스티유 감옥 (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · cmn 巴士底獄 /巴士底狱 (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · ja バスティーユ牢獄 (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · sv Bastiljen (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · bg Басти́лия (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · ar سَجْن اَلْبَاسْتِيل (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · ru Басти́лия (former fortress and prison in Paris, France) · es Bastilla (former fortress and prison in Paris, France)