different between vesting vs citadel

English

Noun

vesting (plural vestings)

1. (law) The entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
2. (law) The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
3. Cloth for making vests.
4. A vest pattern.

Verb

vesting

1. present participle of vest

Anagrams

• steving

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vestinge. Equivalent to vesten +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?s.t??/
• Hyphenation: ves?ting

Noun

vesting f (plural vestingen, diminutive vestinkje n)

1. fortification

   Synonym: veste

Derived terms

• vestingbatterij
• vestingbouw
• vestingbouwer
• vestinggordel
• vestinggracht
• vestingmuur
• vestingpoort
• vestingstad
• vestingtoren
• vestingwal
• vestingwerk

Related terms

• veste

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