battlement

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• UK: [ˈbætəɫmənt]
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• CMU ARPABET: B AE1 T AH0 L M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: B AE1 T AH0 L M EH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion). By surface analysis, battle + -ment.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: зъбер (zǎber) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Catalan: cresteria — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Chinese Mandarin: 防衛牆 /防卫墙 (fángwèiqiáng) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Chinese Mandarin: 城垛 (chéngduǒ) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Czech: cimbuří — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Danish: krenelering — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Danish: brystværn — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Danish: kamtak — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Dutch: bolwerk — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Esperanto: krenelo — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Finnish: sakaramuuri — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• French: rempart — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• German: Befestigung — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• German: Festungsmauer — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• German: Mauerzinne — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• German: Zinne — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Greek: πολεμίστρα (polemístra) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Ancient Greek: ἔπαλξις (épalxis) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Ido: krenelo — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Italian: parapetto — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Macedonian: градобран (gradobran) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Norwegian Bokmål: brystvern — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Persian: کنگره (kongere) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Polish: blanki — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Polish: krenelaż — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Portuguese: ameia — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Russian: стена́ с бойницами (stená s bojnicami) — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Serbo-Croatian: grudobran — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Serbo-Croatian: krunište — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Spanish: almenaje — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Spanish: almenado — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Spanish: almena — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Swedish: krenelering — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Turkish: mazgallı siper — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members
• Turkish: siper — indented parapet formed by a series of rising members