English → Latin
“redoubt” in Latin
prōpugnāculumbulwark, rampart, fortress; defencemūnīmentumA defence or defense, fortification, protection; intrenchment; rampart, bulwark; fortress.; A shelter, defence, protecticastellumcastle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold; a dwelling in a high place; a shelter, stronghold, defence, refugeefficiōto make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose; to cause to occur, to bring about,
The English word redoubt itself goes back to Latin dūcō, through reductus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
redoubt
propugnaculum: munimentum: castellum. To throw up redoubts, castella construere, efficere (Caes.; ad extremas fossas castella constituere ibique tormenta collocare, Caes., B.G., 2, 8).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for redoubt?
- The usual Latin words for “redoubt” are prōpugnāculum, mūnīmentum, castellum; also efficiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.