Bastille
//bæˈstiːl//
Translations of "bastille" (18 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | سَجْن اَلْبَاسْتِيل(former fortress and prison in Paris, France) | sajn al-bastīl | |
| Armenian | Բաստիլ(former fortress and prison in Paris, France), ամրոց(fortified tower or other building), աշտարակ(fortified tower or other building) | Bastil, amrocʻ, aštarak | |
| Bulgarian | Басти́лия(former fortress and prison in Paris, France) | Bastílija | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 巴士底獄 /巴士底狱(former fortress and prison in Paris, France), 城堡(fortified tower or other building) | Bāshìdǐ yù, chéngbǎo | |
| Dutch | donjon(fortified tower or other building), donjon(jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners — see also jail, prison) | — | |
| Finnish | Bastilji(former fortress and prison in Paris, France), bastilji(fortified tower or other building), bastilji(fortified encampment of an army besieging a place; any of the buildings in such an encampment), tyrmä(jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners — see also jail, prison), heittää tyrmään(to confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille or prison — see also imprison) | — | |
| French | Bastille(former fortress and prison in Paris, France), bastille(jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners — see also jail, prison), bastion(fortified tower or other building), embastiller(to confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille or prison — see also imprison) | — | |
| German | Festung(fortified tower or other building), Kerker(jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners — see also jail, prison), einkerkern(to confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille or prison — see also imprison), gefangen halten(to confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille or prison — see also imprison) | — | |
| Hindi | क़िला(fortified tower or other building) | qilā | |
| Japanese | バスティーユ牢獄(former fortress and prison in Paris, France) | Basutīyu-rōgoku | |
| Korean | 바스티유 감옥(former fortress and prison in Paris, France) | Baseutiyu gamok | |
| Macedonian | басти́лја(jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners — see also jail, prison), кре́пост(fortified tower or other building) | bastílja, krépost | |
| Portuguese | Bastilha(former fortress and prison in Paris, France), bastilha(fortified tower or other building), bastilha(jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners — see also jail, prison), aprisionar(to confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille or prison — see also imprison), encarcerar(to confine (someone or something) in, or as if in, a bastille or prison — see also imprison) | — | |
| Romanian | Bastilia(former fortress and prison in Paris, France) | — | |
| Russian | Басти́лия(former fortress and prison in Paris, France), басти́лия(jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners — see also jail, prison), кре́пость(fortified tower or other building) | Bastílija, bastílija, krépostʹ | |
| Spanish | Bastilla(former fortress and prison in Paris, France), fortaleza(fortified tower or other building) | — | |
| Swedish | Bastiljen(former fortress and prison in Paris, France) | — | |
| Turkish | Bastille(former fortress and prison in Paris, France) | — |
donjon, donjon
Bastilji, bastilji, bastilji, tyrmä, heittää tyrmään
Bastille, bastille, bastion, embastiller
Festung, Kerker, einkerkern, gefangen halten
Bastilha, bastilha, bastilha, aprisionar, encarcerar
Bastilia
Bastilla, fortaleza
Bastiljen
Bastille
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.