bastille

[US]/bæ'stiːl/
[UK]/bæs'til/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. fästning; fängelse
Word Forms
Pluralbastilles

Phrases & Collocations

storming the Bastille

stormningen av Bastillen

Bastille Day

Bastiljens dag

Example Sentences

Sade spends his time in the bastille.

Sade spenderar sin tid i Bastillen.

With the fall of the Bastille in 1789, a wave of euphoria swept over Europe.

Med Bastillets fall 1789 svepte en våg av eufori över Europa.

political prisoners in the Bastille

politiska fångar i Bastillen

the fall of the Bastille

Bastillets fall

imprisoned in the Bastille

fängslade i Bastillen

the storming of the Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution

Stormningen av Bastillen markerade början på den franska revolutionen

the Bastille was a symbol of royal tyranny

Bastillen var en symbol för kunglig tyranni

the Bastille was demolished in 1789

Bastillen revs ner 1789

the Bastille was originally built as a medieval fortress

Bastillen byggdes ursprungligen som ett medeltida fäste

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