citadel
nomattesté dans les dialogues
- //ˈsɪtədəl//
- //ˈsɪtədɛl//
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
nom
- 1
A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
In the city’s midst the gleaming marble of a thousand steps climbed to the citadel where arose four pinnacles beckoning to heaven, and midmost between the pinnacles there stood the dome, vast, as the gods had dreamed it.
- 2
figuréA stronghold or fortified place.
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.
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.
Étymologie
From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin cīvitās.
Formes
- pluriel
- citadels
citadel · A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
citizen · A resident of a city or town, especially one with legally…Citizen · A personal Title denoting citizenship, implicitly of the…citizenship · The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.