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bastion

See also: bastión and Bastion

English edit

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A bastion (1)

Etymology edit

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

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Noun edit

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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Verb edit

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

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a bastion.

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle French bastion.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

bastion n (plural bastions, diminutive bastionnetje n)

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

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Etymology edit

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..

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bastion m (plural bastions)

  1. bastion
  2. stronghold

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Italian bastione, via French bastion.

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

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

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Etymology edit

From Italian bastione, via French bastion.

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

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

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bastion, from Old French bastille.

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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)

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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 edit

adjective

Further reading edit

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

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bastion.

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bastion n (plural bastioane)

  1. stronghold

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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

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bastion c

  1. bastion; a projecting part of a rampart

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