siege

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Military action.
2. (US) Military action.
3. (figuratively) Military action.
4. (obsolete) A seat.
5. (obsolete) A seat.
6. (obsolete) A seat.
7. A seat.
8. A seat.
9. (obsolete) A seat.
10. (obsolete) A seat.
11. (obsolete) A seat.
12. (obsolete) A seat.
13. (obsolete) A seat.
14. (obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Verb

To assault or blockade a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition; to besiege.

Conceptes

setge

cadira

🪑

seient

💺

assetjar

congreny

assetjament

Sinònims

blockade

besiege

encirclement

besieging

beleaguering

investment

hearth

military blockade

attack

👊

beleaguer

envelopment

leaguer

obsession

onslaught

pocket

seat

💺

sole

blokade

lay siege to

holding a castle

finger grate

furnace bottom

furnace bed

bottom of the hearth

oven sole

oven bottom

oven hearth

furnace siege

assault

kiln bottom

bed plate

besiegement

bottom

box

📦

chair

🪑

column

confinement

enclosure

entrapment

Traduccions

Belagerung

siège

💺

assedio

sitio

πολιορκία

belegering

asedio

beleg

cerco

💍

cerco

kuşatma

sítio

belagern

حصار

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/siːd͡ʒ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: sege

In summary

From Middle English sege, from Old French sege, siege, seige (modern French siège), from Vulgar Latin *sēdicum, from Latin sēdicŭlum, sēdēcula (“small seat”), from Latin sēdēs (“seat”).

Frases

Two of his commanders were executed after the siege for their part in it .