Bastille

See also: bastille

English

East view of the Bastille, drawing c. 1790

Etymology

From French Bastille, from bastille (“fortress”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): [bæˈstɪəɫ], [bæˈstiːɫ]
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Proper noun

the Bastille

A prison in France, the storming of which in 1789 CE began the French Revolution.

Derived terms

Bastille Day

Related terms

bastille

Translations

a prison in France

Arabic: سَجْن اَلْبَاسْتِيل‎ m (sajn al-bastīl)
Armenian: Բաստիլ (Bastil)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 巴士底獄／巴士底狱 (Bāshìdǐ yù)
Finnish: Bastilji
French: Bastille (fr) f
Japanese: バスティーユ牢獄 (Basutīyu-rōgoku)
Korean: 바스티유 감옥 (Baseutiyu gamok)
Portuguese: Bastilha f
Romanian: Bastilia f
Russian: Басти́лия (ru) f (Bastílija)
Spanish: Bastilla f
Swedish: Bastiljen
Turkish: Bastille

Anagrams

Balliets, bile salt, listable

French

Etymology

From bastille (“fortress”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bas.tij/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

la Bastille f

Bastille (former prison)
Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood

Derived terms

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