"bridgehead" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒhɛd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bridgehead.wav [UK] Forms: bridgeheads [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French tête de pont, equivalent to bridge + head. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|fr|tête de pont}} Calque of French tête de pont, {{af|en|bridge|head}} bridge + head Head templates: {{en-noun}} bridgehead (plural bridgeheads)
  1. An area around the end of a bridge. Translations (area around the end of a bridge): رَأْس جِسْر (raʔs jisr) [masculine] (Arabic), предмо́стие (predmóstie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 橋頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 桥头 (qiáotóu) (Chinese Mandarin), landhoofd [neuter] (Dutch), bruggenhoofd [neuter] (Dutch), sillanpää (Finnish), hídfő (Hungarian), ceann droichid [masculine] (Irish), cap de pod [neuter] (Romanian), тет-де-по́н (tɛt-dɛ-pón) [masculine] (Russian), предмо́стье (predmóstʹje) [neuter] (Russian), предмо́стие (predmóstije) [neuter] (Russian), плацда́рм (placdárm) [masculine] (Russian), мостобран [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mostobran [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brofäste [neuter] (Swedish), плацда́рм (placdárm) (Ukrainian), pen y bont [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bridgehead-en-noun-KK5~YLuN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 23 15 Disambiguation of 'area around the end of a bridge': 62 33 3 2
  2. (military) A fortification around the end of a bridge. Categories (topical): Military Translations (fortification): bruggenhoofd [neuter] (Dutch), sillanpääasema (Finnish), tête de pont [feminine] (French), тет-де-по́н (tɛt-dɛ-pón) [masculine] (Russian), мостобран [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mostobran [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brohuvud [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bridgehead-en-noun-7R4-OGF6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 23 15 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'fortification': 0 96 2 2
  3. (military) 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. Categories (topical): Military Translations (area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle): رَأْس جِسْر (raʔs jisr) [masculine] (Arabic), պլացդարմ (placʻdarm) (Armenian), плацда́рм (placdárm) [masculine] (Belarusian), плацда́рм (placdárm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 橋頭堡 (Chinese Mandarin), 桥头堡 (qiáotóubǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), předmostí [neuter] (Czech), brohoved [neuter] (Danish), bruggenhoofd [neuter] (Dutch), platsdarm (Estonian), sillanpää (Finnish), sillanpääasema (Finnish), tête de pont [feminine] (French), პლაცდარმი (ṗlacdarmi) (Georgian), Brückenkopf [masculine] (German), προγεφύρωμα (progefýroma) [neuter] (Greek), hídfőállás (Hungarian), ceann droichid [masculine] (Irish), testa di ponte [feminine] (Italian), 橋頭堡 (kyōtōho) (alt: きょうとうほ) (Japanese), плацдарм (plasdarm) (Kazakh), 교두보 (gyodubo) (alt: 橋頭堡) (Korean), placdarms [masculine] (Latvian), placdarmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), мостобран (mostobran) [masculine] (Macedonian), brohode [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), bruhode [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), bruhovud [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), przyczółek [masculine] (Polish), cabeça de ponte [feminine] (Portuguese), cap de pod [neuter] (Romanian), плацда́рм (placdárm) [masculine] (Russian), мостобран [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mostobran [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), predmostie [neuter] (Slovak), mostišče [neuter] (Slovene), brohuvud [neuter] (Swedish), плацда́рм (placdárm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), platsdarm (Uzbek), troedle [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bridgehead-en-noun-gJc01R-3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 23 15 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle": 6 3 88 3
  4. (physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry
    Sense id: en-bridgehead-en-noun-UdQVux5G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 31 23 15 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: beachhead [military, war, government, politics], dibridgehead [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], airhead, beachhead, railhead

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      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "word": "პლაცდარმი"
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      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bruhovud"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przyczółek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cabeça de ponte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cap de pod"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "placdárm",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плацда́рм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мостобран"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mostobran"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "predmostie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mostišče"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brohuvud"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "placdárm",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плацда́рм"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "word": "platsdarm"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "area of ground on the enemy's side of an obstacle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troedle"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "bridgehead"
  ],
  "word": "bridgehead"
}

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