Bastille Day

proper noun

The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation".

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789

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14 July
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legal holidaynational holidaypublic holiday

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 巴士底日
  • 巴士底日 (Bāshìdǐ Rì)French national holiday
French Fête Nationale
  • Fête NationaleFrench national holiday
Norwegian Bokmål Bastilledagen
  • BastilledagenFrench national holiday
Russian День Взятия Бастилии
  • День Взятия Бастилии (Denʹ Vzjatija Bastilii)French national holiday
Cite this entry
APA

Bastille Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bastille%20Day

MLA

“Bastille Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bastille%20Day. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bastille Day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bastille%20Day.

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