"Bastille" meaning in English

See Bastille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /bæˈstiːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɑː-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbæstɪl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbɑː-/ [Received-Pronunciation], [bæˈstɪəɫ] [Received-Pronunciation], /bæˈstil/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bastille.wav , En-au-bastille.ogg Forms: the Bastille [canonical]
Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -iːl 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. Etymology templates: {{circa2|1790|short=1}} c. 1790, {{bor|en|fr|Bastille}} French Bastille Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Bastille}} the Bastille
  1. A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution. Categories (place): France, Paris Derived forms: Bastille Day Related terms: bastille Translations (former fortress and prison in Paris, France): سَجْن اَلْبَاسْتِيل (sajn al-bastīl) [masculine] (Arabic), Բաստիլ (Bastil) (Armenian), 巴士底獄 /巴士底狱 (Bāshìdǐ yù) (Chinese Mandarin), Bastilji (Finnish), Bastille [feminine] (French), バスティーユ牢獄 (Basutīyu-rōgoku) (Japanese), 바스티유 감옥 (Baseutiyu gamok) (Korean), Bastilha [feminine] (Portuguese), Bastilia [feminine] (Romanian), Басти́лия (Bastílija) [feminine] (Russian), Bastilla [feminine] (Spanish), Bastiljen (Swedish), Bastille (Turkish)
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