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How to pronounce “bastille”
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Pronunciation guide for bastille
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of bastille with real speech in context.
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- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Benjamin Barber: Why mayors should rule the world 18 minutes
the Place de la Bastille,
- Definition summary
- Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion (“projecting part of a rampart or other fortification”) or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.
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How to pronounce bastille
Benjamin Barber: Why mayors should rule the world 18 minutes
the Place de la Bastille,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “bastille”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Chiefly in French contexts: a bastion (“projecting part of a rampart or other fortification”) or tower of a castle; also, a fortified tower or other building; or a small citadel or fortress.
- (figuratively)
- (military, historical) The fortified encampment of an army besieging a place; also, any of the buildings in such an encampment.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, also figuratively) To confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille (noun noun sense 2.1) or prison; to imprison.
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