arx

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (declension-3, feminine) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
2. (declension-3, feminine, figuratively) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
3. (declension-3, feminine) stronghold, castle, citadel, fortress, acropolis
4. (declension-3, feminine, metonymically) height, summit, pinnacle, top, peak (since castles were often built on heights)

Sinonieme

turris

castellum

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castrum

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pugnaculum

robur

Vertalings

castle

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cidadela

citadel

Burg

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cittadella

citadelle

burcht

Kastell

Schloß

Festung

قلعة

castell

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οχυρό

Zitadelle

ciutadella

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

[ˈarks]

Etimologie (Engels)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard, hold, lock”). Cognates include Latin arca (“chest, box”), arceō (“I defend”), arcānus (“hidden, secret”), arcera (“covered carriage for sick people”), Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō, “I ward off, fend off”), Persian ارگ (arg, “citadel”)