arx

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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)

Έννοιες

οχυρό

φρούριο

πύργος

ακρόπολη

Συνώνυμα

turris

castellum

🏰

castrum

🏰

pugnaculum

robur

Μεταφράσεις

castle

🏰

Burg

🏰

citadel

cidadela

cittadella

Kastell

burcht

citadelle

Schloß

Festung

قلعة

castello

🏰

castell

🏰

Zitadelle

ciutadella

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

[ˈarks]

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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”)