casemate

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French casemate, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian casamatta, probably from casa (“house”) + matto, from matta (“mad, weak, feeble”), diminutive from the same source as English mate in checkmate.

Noun

casemate (plural casemates)

1. A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
2. A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

Translations

bombproof chamber as part of fortification

• Bulgarian: каземат m (kazemat)
• Dutch: kazemat (nl)
• Finnish: kasematti (fi)
• French: casemate (fr) f
• German: Kasematte (de) f
• Italian: casamatta (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: kazamata (pl) f
• Russian: казема́т (ru) m (kazemát)
• Spanish: casamata (es) f
• Swedish: kasematt (sv) c

References

• “casemate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian casamatta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaz.mat/

Noun

casemate f (plural casemates)

1. pillbox, blockhouse

Further reading

• “casemate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.