bastion

See also bastión, and Bastion

English

WOTD – 21 January 2008    

A bastion (1)

Etymology

Wikipedia

First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈbæstiən/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbæstiən/, /ˈbæstʃən/

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• Homophone: Bastian

Noun

bastion (plural bastions)

1. a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
2. a well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel
3. (figuratively) a person, or thing, who strongly defends some principle

Related terms

• bastille
• bastioned

Translations

projecting part of a rampart

• Finnish: bastioni (fi)
• German: Bastion (de) f
• Greek: προμαχώνας (el) (promachónas) m, έπαλξη (el) (épalxi) f, προπύργιο (el) (propýrgio) n
• Hungarian: bástya (hu)

• Irish: urdhún (ga) m
• Russian: бастио́н (ru) (bastión) m
• Serbian: bedem m, uporište n
• Spanish: bastión (es) m
• Swedish: bastion (sv) c

well-fortified position

• Finnish: linnake (fi)
• German: Bastion (de) f
• Greek: προπύργιο (el) (propýrgio) n

• Latin: vallum (la)
• Romanian: bastion (ro) n
• Swedish: befästning c

person who strongly defends some principle

• Finnish: puolestapuhuja (fi)
• German: Bastion (de) f

• Greek: προπύργιο (el) (propýrgio) n
• Romanian: bastion (ro) n

Anagrams

• obtains, stiboan

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

bastion m (plural bastions)

1. bastion
2. stronghold

Anagrams

• snobait

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Swedish

Noun

bastion c

1. bastion; a projecting part of a rampart

Declension

Declension of bastion

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bastion	bastionen	bastioner	bastionerna
genitive	bastions	bastionens	bastioners	bastionernas