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citadel

/ˈsɪtəˌdel/SIH-tuh-del
/ˈsɪtəˌdɛl/SIH-tuh-del

Meaninga little city

Common meaning: a fortress protecting a city

Journey through time

  1. Italiancittadella‘a small town’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsa small town → a citadell, strong fortcitadelle‘a citadell, strong fort’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa citadell, strong fort → a fortress protecting a citycitadel‘a fortress protecting a city’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Italian cittadella ‘a little city’.

Roots

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