different between citadel vs palace

English

Etymology

From French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin c?vit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?t?d?l/, /?s?t?d?l/

Noun

citadel (plural citadels)

1. A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
2. (sometimes figuratively) A stronghold or fortified place.
   • 1836, Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, The American in England (page 269)

     Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea […]

3. An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.
   • 2000, Lincoln P. Paine, Warships of the World to 1900

     Twenty-two of these — eleven per broadside — were on the main deck within a central citadel, essentially an armor-protected box in the middle of the ship. Also within the citadel were four 110-pdr. breech-loaders.

4. A Salvation Army meeting place.

Translations

Anagrams

• dactile, deltaic, dialect, edictal, lactide

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowe from Middle French citadelle, from Italian cittadella, diminutive of città (“city”), from Latin c?vit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si.ta??d?l/
• Hyphenation: ci?ta?del
• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

citadel f (plural citadellen or citadels, diminutive citadelletje n)

1. citadel

Anagrams

• dialect

English

Etymology

From Middle English paleys, from Old French palais, which comes from Latin pal?tium, from Pal?tium, in reference to the Palatine (Palatine Hill), one of the seven hills of Rome, where the aristocracy of the Roman Republic—and later, Roman emperors—built large, splendid residences. The name is ultimately either from Etruscan, the same source as Pales (“Pales, the Italic goddess of shepherds, flocks and livestock”), or Latin palus (“stake; enclosure”). Doublet of palazzo and Pfalz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæl?s/
• (General Australian, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?pæl?s/
• Rhymes: -æl?s
• Hyphenation: pal?ace

Noun

palace (plural palaces)

1. Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
2. A large and lavishly ornate residence.
3. A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

palace (third-person singular simple present palaces, present participle palacing, simple past and past participle palaced)

1. (archaic) To decorate or ornate.

References

French

Etymology

From English palace, itself from Old French palais. Doublet of palais.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.las/

Noun

palace m (plural palaces)

1. luxury hotel

Further reading

• “palace” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

palace

1. Alternative form of paleys