citadel

citadel

English

Etymology

From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin cīvitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪtədəl/, /ˈsɪtədɛl/

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Noun

citadel (plural citadels)

1. A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
2. (sometimes figurative) A stronghold or fortified place.
   • 1836, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)

     Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea […]

3. An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.
   • 2000, Lincoln P. Paine, Warships of the World to 1900

     Twenty-two of these — eleven per broadside — were on the main deck within a central citadel, essentially an armor-protected box in the middle of the ship. Also within the citadel were four 110-pdr. breech-loaders.

4. A Salvation Army meeting place.

Translations

a strong fortress that sits high above a city

Arabic: مَعْقِل‎ (ar) m (maʿqil) Armenian: միջնաբերդ (hy) (miǰnaberd) Aromanian: tsitati f, grãditã f Belarusian: цытадэ́ль f (cytadélʹ) Bulgarian: цитаде́ла (bg) f (citadéla) Catalan: ciutadella (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 堡壘／堡垒 (zh) (bǎolěi) Czech: citadela (cs) f Dutch: citadel (nl) m or f Esperanto: citadelo, altaĵo (eo) Estonian: tsitadel Finnish: sitadelli French: citadelle (fr) f Georgian: ციტადელი (ciṭadeli) German: Zitadelle (de) f Greek: ακρόπολη (el) f (akrópoli) Hebrew: מְצוּדָה‎ (he) f (metzudá) Hungarian: citadella (hu), fellegvár (hu) Italian: cittadella (it) f Japanese: 城塞 (ja) (じょうさい, jōsai) Korean: 성채 (seongchae) Latin: arx (la) Latvian: citadele f Lithuanian: citadelė f Macedonian: цитадела f (citadela) Maori: tihi, toitoi Persian: ارگ‎ (fa) (arg), کلات‎ (fa) (kalât) Polish: cytadela (pl) f Portuguese: cidadela (pt) f Romanian: citadelă (ro) f, cetate (ro) Russian: цитаде́ль (ru) f (citadɛ́lʹ), кре́пость (ru) f (krépostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: цитадела f Roman: citadela (sh) f Slovak: citadela f Slovene: citadela (sl) f Spanish: ciudadela (es) f, alcázar (es) m Swedish: citadell (sv) n Ukrainian: цитаде́ль (uk) f (cytadélʹ) Uzbek: ark (uz)

a stronghold or fortified place

Albanian: kala (sq) f, fortesë (sq) f Arabic: مَعْقِل‎ (ar) m (maʿqil), قَلْعَة‎ f (qalʿa), قِلْعَة‎ f (qilʿa) Belarusian: цытадэ́ль f (cytadélʹ) Bulgarian: цитаде́ла (bg) f (citadéla) Catalan: ciutadella (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 城堡 (zh) (chéngbǎo) Czech: citadela (cs) f Dutch: citadel (nl) m or f Finnish: linnoitus (fi), linnake (fi) French: citadelle (fr) f German: Zitadelle (de) f Italian: cittadella (it) f Japanese: 城塞 (ja) (じょうさい, jōsai) Korean: 성채 (seongchae) Latin: arx (la) Macedonian: цитадела f (citadela) Ottoman Turkish: حصن‎ (hısn) Polish: cytadela (pl) f Portuguese: cidadela (pt) f Romanian: citadelă (ro) f, fortificație (ro) f, cetate (ro) f Russian: цитаде́ль (ru) f (citadɛ́lʹ), кре́пость (ru) f (krépostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: цитадела f Roman: citadela (sh) f Slovak: citadela f Slovene: citadela (sl) f Turkish: hisar (tr) Ukrainian: цитаде́ль (uk) f (cytadélʹ) Welsh: chadarnle m

Anagrams

• dactile, deltaic, dialect, edictal, lactide

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowe from Middle French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin cīvitās.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsi.taːˈdɛl/

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• Hyphenation: ci‧ta‧del
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

citadel f (plural citadellen or citadels, diminutive citadelletje n)

1. citadel

Anagrams

• dialect