bastion

French

noun

Definitions

bastion
stronghold

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bastion derived from Old French bastille (fortress).

Origin

Old French

bastille

Gloss

fortress

Concept

Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bastion English
bastionare Italian
bastione Italian
bastion Dutch, Flemish
bastionner French
bastión Spanish, Castilian
bastion Norwegian Bokmål
bastião Portuguese
bastion Polish
bastion Norwegian Nynorsk
bastille Old French
bastió Catalan, Valencian
bastion Middle French

bastionner