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bastionner

French, verb/bas.tjɔ.ne/

bastionner is a French verb meaning “to bulwark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fortifier, garnir de bastions”.

What does bastionner mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to bulwark

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Fortifier, garnir de bastions. 2. Protéger.

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 bastionner

  • avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
  • bastionnant gerund participle present
  • ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
  • bastionné participle past
  • bastionne first-person indicative present
  • bastionnes indicative present second-person
  • bastionnons first-person indicative plural
  • bastionnez indicative plural present
  • bastionnent indicative plural present
  • bastionnais first-person imperfect indicative
  • bastionnait imperfect indicative singular
  • bastionnions first-person imperfect indicative
  • bastionniez imperfect indicative plural
  • bastionnaient imperfect indicative plural
  • bastionnai first-person historic indicative
  • bastionnas historic indicative past
  • bastionna historic indicative past
  • bastionnâmes first-person historic indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bastionner?

  • /bas.tjɔ.ne/
  • \bas.tjɔ.ne\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.