watchtower

See also: Watchtower and watch-tower

English

Alternative forms

watch-tower

Etymology

From watch +‎ tower.

Noun

watchtower (plural watchtowers)

An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.
- 2002: Cecilia Dart-Thornton, The Ill-Made Mute: The Bitterbynde
  Redcap - A malevolent goblin easily distinguishable by their namesake red cap, fiery red eyes, claws and iron boots. They often appear as little old men, but can run very fast despite the boots. They reside in castles and watchtowers along the English-Scottish border, but will move their residence to avoid detection.

Synonyms

lookout tower

Translations

observation tower

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: դիտանոց (hy) (ditanocʿ)
Belarusian: вартавая вежа f (vartavaja vježa), вартаўнічая вежа f (vartaŭničaja vježa)
Bulgarian: наблюдателница f (nabljudatelnica), стражева кула f (straževa kula)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: talaia (ca) f, torre de guaita f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 崗樓 (zh), 岗楼 (zh) (gǎnglóu), 望樓 (zh), 望楼 (zh) (wànglóu)
Czech: pozorovatelna f, strážní věž f
Danish: vakttårn n
Dutch: wachttoren (nl) m
Esperanto: gardoturo
Estonian: vahitorn
Finnish: vartiotorni (fi)
French: tour de guet (fr) f, tour de garde f
Galician: gorita f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Wachturm (de)
Greek: σκοπιά (el) f (skopiá), παρατηρητήριο (el) n (paratiritírio)
Ancient: σκοπή f (skopḗ)
Hungarian: őrtorony (hu)
Igbo: ugẹle
Irish: túr faire m
Italian: torre di guardia f
Japanese: 望楼 (ぼうろう, bōrō)
Kazakh: күзет мұнарасы (küzet mūnarasy)
Khmer: ប៉មយាម (pɑmyiəm)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: specula (la) f
Latvian: sargtornis m
Macedonian: набљудува́чница f (nabljuduváčnica), стража́рница f (stražárnica), кара́ула f (karáula)
Maori: pūhara, pūwhara
Mongolian: харуул (mn) (xaruul)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vakttårn n
Plautdietsch: Wachttorm m
Polish: strażnica (pl) f
Portuguese: torre de observação f, atalaia f
Russian: сторожева́я ба́шня (ru) (storoževája bášnja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стра̀жа̄рница f, стра̀жара f
Roman: stràžārnica (sh) f, stràžara (sh) f
Spanish: atalaya (es) f, vigía (es), garita (es) f
Swedish: vakttorn n
Tagalog: atalaya, banayaban
Thai: หอคอย (th) (hɔ̌ɔ-kɔɔi)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: gözetleme kulesi
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: tháp canh (vi)
Zhuang: please add this translation if you can