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Meaning of vallum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
[ˈwal.lũː]

Definitions

  1. wall, rampart, entrenchment
    declension-2, neuter
  2. accusative singular of vallus (“stake”)
    accusative, form-of, singular

Equivalents

Беларуская бастыён
Български бастион кол
Bosanski bastion
Català bastió
Čeština palisáda
Deutsch Bastei Bastion Bollwerk Palisade
English Bastion Palisade Rampart wall
Eesti bastion
Français bastion palissade
Gaeilge urdhún
Hrvatski bastion
Magyar bástya
日本語 堡塁
ქართული ბასტიონი
한국어 보루
Latina sublica vallus
Te Reo Māori takitaki
Македонски бастион
Српски bastion
Türkçe şarampol

Examples

“[…] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]”

[…] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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