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An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lookout tower
Antonyms: none provided
an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tower
Narrower terms: fire tower
Etymology tree English watch English tow Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English tower English watchtower From watch + tower.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مَرْقَب
(marqab)
— observation tower
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Arabic:
بُرْج الْمُرَاقَبَة
(burj al-murāqaba)
— observation tower
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Armenian:
դիտանոց
(ditanocʻ)
— observation tower
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Belarusian:
вартавая вежа
(vartavaja vježa)
— observation tower
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Belarusian:
вартаўнічая вежа
(vartawničaja vježa)
— observation tower
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Bulgarian:
наблюдателница
(nabljudatelnica)
— observation tower
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Bulgarian:
стражева кула
(straževa kula)
— observation tower
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Catalan:
talaia
— observation tower
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Catalan:
torre de guaita
— observation tower
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Chinese Mandarin:
崗樓 /岗楼
(gǎnglóu)
— observation tower
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Chinese Mandarin:
望樓 /望楼
(wànglóu)
— observation tower
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Czech:
pozorovatelna
— observation tower
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Czech:
strážní věž
— observation tower
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Danish:
vakttårn
— observation tower
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Dutch:
wachttoren
— observation tower
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Esperanto:
gardoturo
— observation tower
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Estonian:
vahitorn
— observation tower
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Finnish:
vartiotorni
— observation tower
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French:
tour de guet
— observation tower
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French:
tour de garde
— observation tower
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Galician:
gorita
— observation tower
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German:
Wachturm
— observation tower
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Greek:
σκοπιά
(skopiá)
— observation tower
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Greek:
παρατηρητήριο
(paratiritírio)
— observation tower
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Ancient Greek:
σκοπή
(skopḗ)
— observation tower
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Hungarian:
őrtorony
— observation tower
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Igbo:
ugẹle
— observation tower
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Irish:
túr faire
— observation tower
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Italian:
torre di guardia
— observation tower
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Japanese:
望楼
(bōrō)
— observation tower
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Kazakh:
күзет мұнарасы
(küzet mūnarasy)
— observation tower
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Khmer:
ប៉មយាម
(pɑɑmyiəm)
— observation tower
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Latin:
specula
— observation tower
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Latvian:
sargtornis
— observation tower
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Macedonian:
набљудува́чница
(nabljuduváčnica)
— observation tower
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Macedonian:
стража́рница
(stražárnica)
— observation tower
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Macedonian:
кара́ула
(karáula)
— observation tower
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Māori:
pūhara
— observation tower
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Māori:
pūwhara
— observation tower
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Mongolian:
харуул
(xaruul)
— observation tower
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Norwegian Bokmål:
vakttårn
— observation tower
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Plautdietsch:
Wachttorm
— observation tower
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Polish:
strażnica
— observation tower
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Polish:
kasarnia
— observation tower
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Portuguese:
torre de observação
— observation tower
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Portuguese:
atalaia
— observation tower
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Russian:
сторожева́я ба́шня
(storoževája bášnja)
— observation tower
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Serbo-Croatian:
стра̀жа̄рница
— observation tower
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Serbo-Croatian:
стра̀жара
— observation tower
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Serbo-Croatian:
stràžārnica
— observation tower
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Serbo-Croatian:
stràžara
— observation tower
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Spanish:
atalaya
— observation tower
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Spanish:
vigía
— observation tower
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Spanish:
garita
— observation tower
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Spanish:
torre de observación
— observation tower
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Swedish:
vakttorn
— observation tower
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Tagalog:
atalaya
— observation tower
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Tagalog:
banayaban
— observation tower
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Thai:
หอคอย
(hɔ̌ɔ-kɔɔi)
— observation tower
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Turkish:
gözetleme kulesi
— observation tower
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Turkish:
gözcü kulesi
— observation tower
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Turkmen:
diň
— observation tower
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Vietnamese:
tháp canh
— observation tower
