From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of bulevar.

• Rhymes: -aɾti
• Hyphenation: ba‧lu‧ar‧te

baluarte m (plural baluartes)

1. bulwark (a defensive wall or rampart)
2. bulwark (a defense or safeguard)
3. (figuratively) linchpin (central cohesive source of stability and security)

• → Javanese: ꦧꦭꦸꦮꦂꦠꦶ (baluwarti)
  • → Indonesian: baluarti

From Old Occitan or Old French balouart, from Middle Dutch bolwerc, from Middle High German bolwerc, from bole (“plank, beam”) (from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + werc (“work”). Related to English bulwark. Doublet of boulevard.

• IPA^(key): /baˈlwaɾte/ [baˈlwaɾ.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -aɾte
• Syllabification: ba‧luar‧te

baluarte m (plural baluartes)

1. bastion

   Synonym: bastión

   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     La mejor arma es la oración y el más terrible baluarte las virtudes y el buen ejemplo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “baluarte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10