Bastille

See also: bastille

English

Etymology

A c. 1790 drawing of the east view of the Bastille.

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bæˈstiːl/, /bɑː-/, /ˈbæstɪl/, /ˈbɑː-/, [bæˈstɪəɫ]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bæˈstil/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -iːl
• Hyphenation: Bast‧ille

Proper noun

the Bastille

1. A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.

Derived terms

• Bastille Day

Related terms

• bastille

Translations

former fortress and prison in Paris, 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

Further reading

• Bastille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Balliets, bile salt, listable

French

Etymology

From bastille (“fortress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas.tij/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

la Bastille f

1. Bastille (“former prison”)
2. Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood

Derived terms

• embastiller
• embastillement