bastion

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See also: bastión and Bastion

English

WOTD – 21 January 2008
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A bastion (1)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

bastion (plural bastions)

  1. (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
    • 1942, Emily Carr, “Beginnings”, in The Book of Small:
      […] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia.
  2. A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
  3. (figuratively) A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle.
    a bastion of hope
    the bastion of democracy
  4. Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, , →OCLC, Canto XV, page 24:
      […] yonder cloud
      That rises upward always higher,
      ⁠And onward drags a labouring breast,
      ⁠And topples round the dreary west,
      A looming bastion fringed with fire.
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 32:
      It spread slowly up from the sea-rim, a welling upwards of pure white light, ghosting the beach with silver and drawing the grey bastions of sandstone out of formless space.

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Translations

Verb

bastion (third-person singular simple present bastions, present participle bastioning, simple past and past participle bastioned)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a bastion.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bastion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌbɑs.tiˈɔn/
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  • Hyphenation: bas‧ti‧on
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

bastion n (plural bastions, diminutive bastionnetje n)

  1. bastion; a projecting part of a rampart
    Synonym: bolwerk

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”) or Italian bastione. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. .

Pronunciation

Noun

bastion m (plural bastions)

  1. bastion
  2. stronghold

Descendants

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Italian bastione, via French bastion.

Noun

bastion m (definite singular bastionen, indefinite plural bastioner, definite plural bastionene)

  1. a bastion (part of a fortification; also figurative)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian bastione, via French bastion.

Noun

bastion m (definite singular bastionen, indefinite plural bastionar, definite plural bastionane)

  1. a bastion (part of a fortification; also figurative)

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French bastion, from Old French bastille.

Pronunciation

Noun

bastion m inan (diminutive bastionik)

  1. (military) bastion, stronghold (place built to withstand attack)
  2. (figuratively) bastion, stronghold (place of domination by, or refuge or survival of, a particular group or idea)
    Synonym: szaniec
  3. (figuratively) bastion (person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle)

Declension

Declension of bastion
singular plural
nominative bastion bastiony
genitive bastionu bastionów
dative bastionowi bastionom
accusative bastion bastiony
instrumental bastionem bastionami
locative bastionie bastionach
vocative bastionie bastiony

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • bastion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bastion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bastion.

Noun

bastion n (plural bastioane)

  1. stronghold

Declension

Declension of bastion
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) bastion bastionul (niște) bastioane bastioanele
genitive/dative (unui) bastion bastionului (unor) bastioane bastioanelor
vocative bastionule bastioanelor

Swedish

Noun

bastion c

  1. bastion; a projecting part of a rampart

Declension

Declension of bastion 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bastion bastionen bastioner bastionerna
Genitive bastions bastionens bastioners bastionernas
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