bastion

See also bastión, and Bastion

English

WOTD - 21 January 2008    

A bastion (1)

Etymology

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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. Hungarian: bástya (hu)

Serbian: bedem m., uporište n. Spanish: bastión (es) m. Swedish: bastion (sv) c.

well-fortified position

Finnish: linnake (fi) German: Bastion (de) f. Latin: vallum (la)

Romanian: bastion (ro) n. Swedish: befästning c.

person who strongly defends some principle

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

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