noun
Meaning 1
A small, temporary, military fortification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
redoubt
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Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈdaʊt/
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Canada: /ɹəˈdʌʊt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A reinforced refuge; a fort.
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noun
Meaning 3
A place of safety or refuge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.
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noun
Meaning 4
The return of doubt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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verb
Meaning 5
To fortify, to make into a stronghold.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To dread.
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Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 7
To doubt again.
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Usage: rare
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noun
Meaning 8
an entrenched stronghold or refuge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stronghold, fastness
noun
Meaning 9
(military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
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Broader terms: fortification, munition
History
Etymology
From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus (“refuge”), from Latin redūcō (“to withdraw”), with spelling influenced by doubt.
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Italic *du(i)βwos Latin *dubosdenom. Latin dubō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin dubitō Old French doterbor. Middle English douten ▲ Old French doter Old French doutebor. Middle English doute ▲ English dubiousinflu. ▲ Latin dubitōinflu. English doubt English redoubt From re- + doubt.
From Old French redouter, from Latin dubitāre (“doubt”) prefixed with re-. The b was later added back in this word, and the related doubt and redoubtable, to reflect their Latin source.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: редут (redut) — fortification
- Catalan: reducte — fortification
- Dutch: redoute — fortification
- Finnish: redutti — fortification
- Finnish: kavaljeeri — fortification
- French: redoute — fortification
- German: Redoute — fortification
- Italian: ridotta — fortification
- Māori: pā maioro — fortification
- Māori: rāihe — fortification
- Polish: reduta — fortification
- Portuguese: reduto — fortification
- Romanian: redută — fortification
- Russian: реду́т (redút) — fortification
- Spanish: reducto — fortification
- Swedish: redutt — fortification
- Turkish: tabya — fortification
- Ottoman Turkish: طابیه (tabya) — fortification
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