DICTIONARY ENTRY
2 SYLLABLES
bastille
/bæ'stil/ · bæstil
Bastille has 2 syllables: bas · tille.
bas
01
tille
02
noun. A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.
noun. A jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner).
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