how to pronounce bastille

/bas.tij/

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bastille is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bastille in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… cyclone tropical intense bastille rey se …”

meanings of bastille

name:

Parisian district around place de la Bastille, where the prison stood.
Bastille (former prison).

noun:

Fortress.

bastille frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word bastille occurs in french on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.