Battle

battle (English)

Pronunciation

  • - /ˈbætəl/
  • - /ˈbæɾl̩/
  • en-us-battle.ogg
  • Rhymes: ætəl
  • - tle

    • Etymology 1

    From Early Modern English - lang=en, probably from - |batel|flourishing|lang=enm, from - |batol|improving, tending to be good|lang=ang, from - |to get better, improve|lang=ang, from - batōnan||bōtijanan|to improve, atone, be favourable|lang=en, from - bʰAd-|good|lang=en - le|lang=en. Related to - - - lang=frr, - |to get better|lang=frr, - - |to benefit, avail, profit|lang=nl, - - - |to be sly|lang=nds. Compare - |to improve, become better, fatten, flourish|lang=en
  • Engelska - better
    • .

    Alternative forms

  • Engelska - battil
    • , battill, battel, baittle, bettle, batwell

    Adjective

    - _|dialectal|chiefly|Scotland|Northern England

    agriculture

    improving|Improving; nutritious; fattening.

  • battle grass, battle pasture

    • - _|dialectal|chiefly|Scotland|Northern England fertile|Fertile; fruitful.

  • battle soil, battle land

    • Derived terms

  • Engelska - overbattle

    • Verb

    battl|ing

    - _|dialectal|chiefly|Scotland|Northern England To nourish; feed.

    - _|dialectal|chiefly|Scotland|Northern England To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.

    Derived terms

  • Engelska - battling

    • Related terms

  • Engelska - batful
  • Engelska - batten

    • Etymology 2

    From - lang=enm|batel, from - bataille|lang=fro, from - en *

    |battālia

    , from - battualia|battuālia|fighting and fencing exercises, from - battuo|battuō|to strike, beat, from - cy|- - |to strike money, coin, mint), from - la|- - fatuus||silly, knocked silly, - - - |lang=got|tr=bauþs|sc=Goth|deaf, numb, dumbstruck).

    Alternative forms

  • batail

    14th - 16th centuries

    • Noun

    A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

    A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.

  • The whole intellectual battle that had at its center the best poem of the best poet of that day. - w:Henry_Morley|Henry_Morley.

    • * {{quote-news

    |year=2011 |date=November 3 |author=Chris Bevan |title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham |work=BBC Sport |url= |page= |passage=In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.}}

    - _|rare A division of an army; a battalion.

    * 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:

    *: Thenne kyng Arthur made redy his hoost in x batails ....

  • The king divided his army into three battles. - w:Francis_Bacon|Francis_Bacon.
  • The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle, and on it alone depended the fate of every action. - w:William_Robertson_(historian)|William_Robertson.

    • * 2000,

    George RR Martin

    , A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 634:

    *: ‘I will have more than twelve thousand men. I mean to divide them into three battles and start up the causeway a half-day apart.’

    The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.

    Synonyms

  • conflict
  • encounter
  • contest
  • action

    • Derived terms

    Terms derived from “battle”

  • battle_cry
  • battle_ground
  • battle_it_out
  • battle_piece
  • battle_royal
  • battle_song
  • battlearray
  • battlefield
  • battleground
  • drawn_battle
  • do_battle
  • give_battle
  • join_battle
  • pitched_battle
  • wager_of_battle

    • Translations

    general action, fight, or encounter; a combat

  • Albanska - betejë
  • Arabiska - معركة
  • Armenian - մարտ|tr=mart, - ճակատամարտ|tr=č̣akatamart, - կռիվ|tr=kṙiv
  • Basque - bataila, - guda
  • Bosnian - bitka|f, - borba|f, - boj|m
  • Bulgariska - битка
    • , сражение
  • Katalanska - batalla
  • Chinese - 戰役|sc=Hani, - 战役|tr=zhàn yì|sc=Hani, - 战斗|tr=zhàndòu|sc=Hani|xs=Simplified Chinese
  • Kroatiska - bitka
    • , boj
  • Tjeckiska - bitva
    • , boj
  • Danska - slag
  • Holländska - slag
    • , veldslag, gevecht
  • Esperanto - batalo|xs=Esperanto
  • Estniska - lahing
  • Finska - taistelu
  • Franska - lutte
    • , bataille
  • Georgian - ბრძოლა|tr=brjola|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Schlacht
  • Grekiska - μάχη
  • Hebrew - קרב|m|tr=qrav, - מאבק|m|tr=maavaq
  • Hindiska - लड़ाई
  • Ungerska - csata
    • , ütközet
  • Isländska - bardagi
  • Italienska - battaglia
  • Japanska - 戦い
  • Japanska - 戦
  • Japanska - 戦闘
  • Koreanska - 전쟁
  • Latgalian - kuove|f
  • Latin - proelium
  • Latvian: kauja
  • Litauiska - kova
  • Luxembourgish - Schluecht|f
  • Old English - beadu|xs=Old English, - feoht|xs=Old English, - hild|xs=Old English, - niþ|alt=nīþ|xs=Old English, - wig|alt=wīġ|xs=Old English
  • Old French - bataille|f
  • Persiska - رزم
  • Polska - walka
    • , bitwa, bój
  • Portugisiska - batalha
  • Rumänska - bătălie
  • Ryska - битва
    • , бой, сражение
  • Serbian:
  • Serbiska - битка
    • , борба, бој
  • : Roman: bitka , borba , boj
  • Spanska - batalla
    • , lucha
  • Swahili - vita
  • Svenska - slag
  • Filippinska - labanan
  • Telugu - యుద్ధము|tr=yuddhamu
  • Thailändska - สงคราม
  • Turkiska - harp
  • Ukrainska - битвa
  • Vietnamesiska - trận đánh
  • Volapük - lekomip
  • Walesiska - cad

    • struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life

  • Armenian - պայքար|tr=payk'ar
  • Bulgariska - борба
  • Katalanska - batalla
  • Tjeckiska - boj
    • , zápas
  • Danska - kamp
  • Holländska - gevecht
    • , strijd
  • Esperanto - lukto|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - taistelu
  • Franska - lutte
  • Tyska - Kampf
  • Grekiska - μάχη
    • , αγώνας
  • Hebrew - מאבק|m|tr=maavaq
  • Isländska - barátta
  • Italienska - lotta
  • Japanska - 戦い
    • (

    ja|たたかい

    , tatakai)
  • Polska - walka
  • Portugisiska - luta
  • Ryska - борьба
  • Serbian:
  • : Cyrillic: борба
  • : Roman: borba

    (obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion

  • Katalanska - batalla
  • Polska - batalion

    • (obsolete) the main body, as distinct from the van and rear

    sq

    : betejë

    zh

    : 爭鬥; 戰鬥

  • ko

    : 전투
  • - کارزان
  • - dīmicātiō {{f, proelium

    pūgna {{f

  • lt

    : mūšis

    ang

    : guþ|gūþ, wig#Old_English|wīġ

  • ro

    : bătălie

    sk

    : bitka (1), boj

    es

    : batalla

    sv

    : slag

    tr

    : cenk, savaş

    • Verb

    battl|ing

    : To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

    : To assail in battle; to fight.

    Translations

    (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight

  • Bulgariska - сражавам се
  • Tjeckiska - bojovat
  • Holländska - strijden
    • , vechten
  • Esperanto - lukti|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - taistella
  • Franska - lutter
  • Tyska - kämpfen
  • Japanska - 戦う
  • Portugisiska - batalhar
  • Ryska - сражаться
  • Ryska - сразиться
  • Ryska - биться
  • Ryska - бороться
  • Spanska - luchar
    • , batallar

    (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight

  • Holländska - bestrijden
    • , bevechten
  • Esperanto - batali|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - taistella
  • Tyska - bekämpfen
    • , bekriegen
  • Grekiska - μάχομαι

    • ca

    : 1 fer la guerra a *Finnish: taistella

  • sk

    : bojovať

  • sv

    : strida

  • tr

    : cenk_etmek, savaşmak

    • References

    Statistics

  • - expression|Duke|735|battle|bound|York|impossible

    • Anagrams

  • batlet#English|batlet
  • tablet#English|tablet
    • ang:battle simple:battle

    Fullständig information på

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battle

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