arx

Senso (Inglese)

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)

Concetti

cittadella

castello

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baluardo

caposaldo

fortino

piazzaforte

roccaforte

castiglione

fortezza

sinonimi

turris

castellum

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castrum

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pugnaculum

robur

Traduzioni

castle

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citadel

cidadela

Burg

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Kastell

burcht

citadelle

Schloß

Festung

قلعة

castell

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οχυρό

ciutadella

Zitadelle

bastion

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈarks]

Etimologia (Inglese)

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”)