Bastille

bastille English Alternative forms en Bastile obsolete Etymology thumb|A 1790 1 drawing of the east view of the Bastille. Borrowed from en fr Bastille, from fr bastille fortress: see further at the English entry en 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.bastille n 16071 March 2023 1; proper n Pronunciation en /bæˈstiːl/ /bɑː-/ /ˈbæstɪl/ /ˈbɑː-/ [bæˈstɪəɫ] RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Bastille.wav Southern England en /bæˈstil/ GA en En-au-bastille.ogg AU en iːl one pronunciation 2 en Bast ille Proper noun 1 A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution. Derived terms en Bastille Day en Steel Related terms en bastille Translations former fortress and prison in Paris, France Arabic: ar سَجْن اَلْبَاسْتِيل m sajn al-bastīl Armenian: hy Բաստիլ Bulgarian: bg Басти́лия f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 巴士底獄 Bāshìdǐ yù Finnish: fi Bastilji French: fr Bastille f Japanese: ja バスティーユ牢獄 Basutīyu-rōgoku Korean: ko ^바스티유 감옥 Portuguese: pt Bastilha f Romanian: ro Bastilia f Russian: ru Басти́лия f Spanish: es Bastilla f Swedish: sv Bastiljen Turkish: tr Bastille References Further reading Anagrams en abeillst Balliets bile salt listable en Paris France French Etymology From fr bastille fortress. Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Ltrlg-Bastille.wav Proper noun f la Bastille en Bastille former prison Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood Derived terms fr embastiller fr embastillement