Bastille

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Bastille, from bastille (“fortress”): see further at the English entry bastille. The building was known in full as the Bastille Saint-Antoine, and was a former fortress used as a prison by the French monarchy in the 17th and 18th centuries. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bæˈstiːl/, /bɑː-/, /ˈbæstɪl/, /ˈbɑː-/, [bæˈstɪəɫ] (General American) IPA(key): /bæˈstil/ Rhymes: (one pronunciation) -iːl Hyphenation: Bast‧ille === Proper noun === the Bastille A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution. ==== Derived terms ==== Bastille Day Steel ==== Related terms ==== bastille ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Bastille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Balliets, bile salt, listable == French == === Etymology === From bastille (“fortress”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bas.tij/ === Proper noun === la Bastille f Bastille (“former prison”) Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood ==== Derived terms ==== embastiller embastillement