bastille meaning in Tamil
கோட்டைக் கோபுரம்
/bæˈstiːl/US/bæˈstil/
bastille in Tamil: கோட்டைக் கோபுரம், அரண்மனைக் கோபுரம், அரண், சிறைச்சாலை. In English, bastille means 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.
Tamil words for bastille
- கோட்டைக் கோபுரம், அரண்மனைக் கோபுரம், அரண், சிறைச்சாலை, சிறைக்கோட்டம்
English meaning of bastille
- 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.
- noun A jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners.
- noun Synonym of workhouse (“an institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work”).
- noun The fortified encampment of an army besieging a place; also, any of the buildings in such an encampment.
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Questions about bastille in Tamil
- What is the meaning of bastille in Tamil?
- Bastille in Tamil is கோட்டைக் கோபுரம், அரண்மனைக் கோபுரம், அரண், சிறைச்சாலை.
- bastille என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Bastille: கோட்டைக் கோபுரம், அரண்மனைக் கோபுரம், அரண், சிறைச்சாலை.
- What does bastille mean in English?
- Bastille means 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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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: bastille (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: bastille (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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