Transcription
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- [ba-steel; French bas-tee-yuh]
- /bæˈstil; French basˈti yə/
- /bæsˈtiːl/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ba-steel; French bas-tee-yuh]
- /bæˈstil; French basˈti yə/
Definitions of bastille word
- noun bastille a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution 3
- noun bastille in ancient warfare, a tower for defense or attack; small fortress 3
- noun bastille a prison 3
- noun plural bastille (initial capital letter) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789. 1
- noun plural bastille any prison or jail, especially one conducted in a tyrannical way. 1
- noun plural bastille a fortified tower, as of a castle; a small fortress; citadel. 1
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Origin of bastille
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English bastile < Middle French, probably alteration of bastide bastide, with -ile (< Medieval Latin, Latin -īle noun suffix of place) replacing -ide; replacing Middle English bastel < Old French basstel, with -el similarly replacing -ide
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Parts of speech for Bastille
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bastille popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bastille usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bastille
noun bastille
- chamber — A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
- apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- cage — A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
- cubicle — A cubicle is a very small enclosed area, for example one where you can have a shower or change your clothes.
- recess — temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
verb bastille
- incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
- apprehend — If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- commit — If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
Antonyms for bastille
noun bastille
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- desertion — the act of deserting or abandoning or the state of being deserted or abandoned
- surrender — to yield (something) to the possession or power of another; deliver up possession of on demand or under duress: to surrender the fort to the enemy; to surrender the stolen goods to the police.
verb bastille
- release — to lease again.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
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