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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bas•tille (ba stēl′; Fr. bas tē′yə),USA pronunciation n., pl. bas•tilles (ba stēlz′; Fr. bas tē′yə).USA pronunciation - World History(cap.) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789.
- World Historyany prison or jail, esp. one conducted in a tyrannical way.
- World Historya fortified tower, as of a castle;
a small fortress;
citadel. Also, bas•tile (ba stēl′).USA pronunciation - Old French basstel, with -el similarly replacing -ide
- Medieval Latin, Latin -īle noun, nominal suffix of place) replacing -ide; replacing Middle English bastel
- Middle French, probably alteration of bastide bastide, with -ile (
- Middle English bastile 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bastille /bæˈstiːl; French: bastij/ n - a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French bastile fortress, from Old Provençal bastida, from bastir to build, of Germanic origin; see baste1 |