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French and English Search Results for: bastille

Summary

French to English: more detail...

bastille:
- Wiktionary:
  bastille → stronghold, bastion, fortress, bastille
- Synonyms for "bastille":
  citadelle; château; forteresse; fort; donjon

English to French: more detail...

bastille:
- Wiktionary:
  bastille → bastille
  Bastille → Bastille
- Synonyms for "bastille":
  Bastille; fortress; fort
  jail; jailhouse; gaol; clink; slammer; poky; pokey; prison; prison house

French

Detailed Translations for bastille from French to English

bastille:

Synonyms for "bastille":

citadelle; château; forteresse; fort; donjon

Wiktionary Translations for bastille:

bastille

noun

ouvrage, construction passager ou permanente, qu’on élever soit pour fortifier une place, soit pour l’assiéger.
- bastille → stronghold; bastion; fortress

bastille

noun

prison or jail
- bastille → bastille

English

Detailed Translations for bastille from English to French

bastille:

Synonyms for "bastille":

Bastille; fortress; fort
jail; jailhouse; gaol; clink; slammer; poky; pokey; prison; prison house

Related Definitions for "bastille":

a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)¹

Wiktionary Translations for bastille:

bastille

noun

prison or jail
- bastille → bastille

Bastille:

Related Definitions for "Bastille":

a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution¹

Wiktionary Translations for Bastille:

Bastille

proper noun

a prison in France
- Bastille → Bastille

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