Mannelijk

baluarte

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (masculine) bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)
  2. (masculine) bulwark (a defense or safeguard)
  3. (figuratively, masculine) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ba.luˈaʁ.t͡ʃi/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of bulevar.

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