blockhouse

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From block + house. Calque of German Blockhaus.

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: حِصْن (ḥiṣn) — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Catalan: casamata — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• French: casemate — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• German: Blockhaus — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• German: Hochbunker — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Ido: blokhauso — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Khmer: ប៉មបន្ទាយ (pɑɑm bɑntiey) — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Polish: blokhauz — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Portuguese: blocausse — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Portuguese: blocause — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Portuguese: blockhaus — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Russian: блокга́уз (blokgáuz) — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Russian: сруб (srub) — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Spanish: blocao — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Spanish: casamata — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Turkish: korugan — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Turkish: tahkim edilmiş — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Turkish: sığınak — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Ottoman Turkish: بلوقحاوز — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Vietnamese: lô cốt — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Vietnamese: pháo tháp — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Vietnamese: đồn canh — sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
• Finnish: bunkkeri — reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations
• German: Blockhaus — reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations
• Turkish: korugan — reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations
• Turkish: gözetleme binâsı — temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story