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bridgehead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒhɛd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Calque of French tête de pont, equivalent to bridge + head.

Meanings

1. An area around the end of a bridge.
2. A fortification around the end of a bridge.
3. An area of ground on the enemy's side of a river or other obstacle, especially one that needs to be taken and defended in order to secure an advance.
   • He believed the invasion would happen elsewhere and it wasn't until late in the afternoon and long after the Allied forces had established a bridgehead that Hitler was convinced of the need to do something. 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 243:
4. (physical) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms

Forms

Relateds

airhead · railhead · beachhead · dibridgehead · beachhead

Translations (69)

cmn 橋頭 /桥头 (area around the end of a bridge) · kk плацдарм (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · nl bruggenhoofd (area around the end of a bridge) · uk плацда́рм (area around the end of a bridge) · ar رَأْس جِسْر (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · cs předmostí (area around the end of a bridge) · fi sillanpää (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · bg предмо́стие (area around the end of a bridge) · fi sillanpää (area around the end of a bridge) · nl bruggenhoofd (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · lt placdarmas (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · de Brückenende (area around the end of a bridge) · lv placdarms (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · uk плацда́рм (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · fi sillanpääasema (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · cmn 橋頭堡 /桥头堡 (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · de Brückenkopf (fortification) · sh мостобран (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · hu hídfő (area around the end of a bridge) · cs předmostí (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ru тет-де-по́н (fortification) · sl mostišče (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ro cap de pod (area around the end of a bridge) · nl bruggenhoofd (fortification) · uz platsdarm (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · nb bruhode (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · el προγεφύρωμα (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · sh mostobran (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ru предмо́стье (area around the end of a bridge) · fr tête de pont (fortification) · hu hídfőállás (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · sh мостобран (fortification) · sk predmostie (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · hy պլացդարմ (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ga ceann droichid (area around the end of a bridge) · ru плацда́рм (area around the end of a bridge) · sv brofäste (area around the end of a bridge) · cy pen y bont (area around the end of a bridge) · it testa di ponte (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ar رَأْس جِسْر (area around the end of a bridge) · ja 橋頭堡 (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · bg плацда́рм (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · be плацда́рм (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ru предмо́стие (area around the end of a bridge) · ko 교두보 (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · sv brohuvud (fortification) · ro cap de pod (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · mk мостобран (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · nl landhoofd (area around the end of a bridge) · ga ceann droichid (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · fi sillanpääasema (fortification) · ru плацда́рм (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ru тет-де-по́н (area around the end of a bridge) · cy talbont (area around the end of a bridge) · pt cabeça de ponte (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · cy blaenladiad (fortification) · da brohoved (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · sh mostobran (fortification) · sh mostobran (area around the end of a bridge) · de Brückenkopf (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · pl przyczółek (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · nb brohode (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · cy troedle (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · ka პლაცდარმი (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · et platsdarm (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · fr tête de pont (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · sh мостобран (area around the end of a bridge) · nn bruhovud (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle) · sv brohuvud (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle)