bastion
French, noun/bas.tjɔ̃/
bastion is spelled B-A-S-T-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bastion is a French masculine noun meaning “bastion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage de fortification qui fait partie de l’enceinte du corps d’une place : il présente en saillie deux…”.
What does bastion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebastion
- 2
masculinestronghold
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrage de fortification qui fait partie de l’enceinte du corps d’une place : il présente en saillie deux faces et deux flancs. Il est relié à l’enceinte par ces derniers. 2. Élément géographique avancé. 3. Tout ce qui semble inexpugnable. 4. Machine du réseau qui fournit un point d’entrée ou de sortie unique vers Internet.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bastion
- bastions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bastion?
- /bas.tjɔ̃/
- \bas.tjɔ̃\
- [bas.tjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bastion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bastion in French?
bastion appears 3.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).