Bastille Definition

bă-stēl
noun
A prison; a jail.
American Heritage
In ancient warfare, a tower for defense or attack; small fortress.
Webster's New World
A prison.
Webster's New World

A castle tower, or fortified building; a small citadel or fortress.

Wiktionary

A prison or jail.

Wiktionary
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pronoun

A prison in France, the storming of which in 1789 CE began the French Revolution.

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Other Word Forms of Bastille

Noun

Singular:
bastille
Plural:
bastilles

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bastille

  • the Bastille

Origin of Bastille

  • French from Old French fortress alteration of bastide from Old Provençal bastida from bastir to build of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French bastille, from Late Latin bastilia, plural of bastile, from bastire (“to build”).

    From Wiktionary

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