"casemate" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkeɪsmeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-casemate.wav Forms: casemates [plural]
Etymology: From French casemate, from Italian casamatta. Further origin unclear, could be a compound casa (“house”) + matta (“mat (of straw), roof made of such material”), or borrowed from Greek χάσματα (chásmata) the plural of χάσμα (chásma, “gap”), presumably referring to the loopholes for shooting from. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|casemate}} French casemate, {{bor|en|it|casamatta}} Italian casamatta, {{compound|it|casa|matta|nocat=1|t1=house|t2=mat (of straw), roof made of such material}} casa (“house”) + matta (“mat (of straw), roof made of such material”), {{bor|en|el||χάσματα}} Greek χάσματα (chásmata) Head templates: {{en-noun}} casemate (plural casemates)
  1. (military) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. Categories (topical): Military Translations (bombproof chamber as part of fortification): каземат (kazemat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), casamata [feminine] (Catalan), kazemat (Dutch), kasematti (Finnish), casemate [feminine] (French), Kasematte [feminine] (German), casamatta [feminine] (Italian), kazamata [feminine] (Polish), казема́т (kazemát) [masculine] (Russian), casamata [feminine] (Spanish), kasematt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-casemate-en-noun-gI60EfyB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 54 Topics: government, military, politics, war Disambiguation of 'bombproof chamber as part of fortification': 91 9
  2. (architecture) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-casemate-en-noun-akxKnX6W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 46 54 Topics: architecture
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: casemated

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (7c21d10 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.