casemate

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• /ˈkeɪsmeɪt/
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From French casemate, from Italian casamatta. Further origin unclear, could be a compound casa (“house”) + matta (“mat (of straw), roof made of such material”), or borrowed from Greek χάσματα (chásmata) the plural of χάσμα (chásma, “gap”), presumably referring to the loopholes for shooting from.

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: каземат (kazemat) — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Catalan: casamata — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Dutch: kazemat — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Finnish: kasematti — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• French: casemate — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• German: Kasematte — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Italian: casamatta — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Polish: kazamata — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Portuguese: casamata — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Romanian: cazemată — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Russian: казема́т (kazemát) — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Spanish: casamata — bombproof chamber as part of fortification
• Swedish: kasematt — bombproof chamber as part of fortification