battle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbætl̩/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbathɫ̩]
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• General-American: băt'l
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• General-American: /ˈbætl̩/
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• General-American: [ˈbæɾɫ̩]
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• General-American: [bætɫ̩]
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• rhymes with -ætəl
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• UK: /ˈbætəɫ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B AE1 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Early Modern English batell, probably from Middle English *batel (“flourishing”), from Old English *batol (“improving, tending to be good”), from batian (“to get better, improve”) + -ol ( + -le).

Capitalization of battle. Doublet of Battaglia.

From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”) from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Gaulish or Proto-Germanic root from Proto-Indo-European *bhedh- (“to stab, dig”), related to Old English beado (“battle”); or possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bhew- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of battalia and battel. Displaced native Old English ġefeoht, beado, camp, and wīg (“battle”), among others.

299 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: betejë — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Southern Altai: јуу-согуш (ǰuu-soguš) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Southern Altai: согыш (sogïš) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Arabic: مَعْرَكَة (maʕraka) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Armenian: մարտ (mart) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Armenian: ճակատամարտ (čakatamart) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Armenian: կռիվ (kṙiv) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Asturian: batalla — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Azerbaijani: döyüş — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Azerbaijani: vuruşma — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Azerbaijani: mübarizə — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Azerbaijani: toqquşma — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Basque: bataila — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Basque: guda — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Belarusian: бі́тва (bítva) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Belarusian: бой (boj) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Belarusian: змага́нне (zmahánnje) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Belarusian: бата́лія (batálija) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Bengali: লড়াই (loṛai) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Bengali: সংগ্রাম (śoṅgram) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Bengali: জঙ্গ (joṅgo) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Bulgarian: би́тка (bítka) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Bulgarian: сраже́ние (sražénie) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Bulgarian: бой (boj) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Burmese: တိုက်ပွဲ (tuikpwai:) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Catalan: batalla — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 戰役 /战役 (zhànyì) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 戰鬥 /战斗 (zhàndòu) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Chinese Mandarin: 爭鬥 /争斗 (zhēngdòu) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ngazidja Comorian: nkodo — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Czech: bitva — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Czech: boj — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Danish: kamp — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Danish: slag — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Dutch: slag — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Dutch: veldslag — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Dutch: gevecht — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Dutch: kamp — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Egyptian: aHA-A24 (ꜥḥꜣ) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Esperanto: batalo — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Estonian: lahing — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Finnish: taistelu — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• French: lutte — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• French: bataille — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Old French: bataille — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• North Frisian: slåcht — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Galician: batalla — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Georgian: ბრძოლა (brʒola) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Georgian: ჭიდილი (č̣idili) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• German: Schlacht — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• German: Kampf — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• German: Gefecht — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Greek: μάχη (máchi) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ancient Greek: μάχη (mákhē) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ancient Greek: δῆρις (dêris) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Haitian Creole: batay — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hebrew: קְרָב (krav) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hebrew: מַאֲבָק (ma'avák) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hindi: लड़ाई (laṛāī) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hindi: जंग (jaṅg) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hindi: संग्राम (saṅgrām) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hindi: समर (samar) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hindi: रण (raṇ) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hungarian: csata — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Hungarian: ütközet — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Icelandic: bardagi — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Indonesian: pertempuran — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Indonesian: pertarungan — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Irish: cath — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Old Irish: cath — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Primitive Irish: ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ (cattu) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Istriot: batalgia — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Italian: battaglia — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Italian: pugna — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Japanese: 戦い (tatakai) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Japanese: 戦 (ikusa) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Japanese: 争い (arasoi) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Japanese: 戦闘 (sentō) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Judeo-Italian: בַאטַאלְײַה — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kannada: ಕಾಳಗ (kāḷaga) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kazakh: ұрыс (ūrys) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kazakh: шайқас (şaiqas) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kazakh: айқас (aiqas) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kazakh: күрес (küres) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Khmer: ចំបាំង (cɑmbang) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kongo: mvita — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Korean: 전쟁 (jeonjaeng) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Korean: 전투 (jeontu) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Korean: 싸움 (ssaum) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Korean: 교전 (gyojeon) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Central Kurdish: ڕەزم (rezm) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Central Kurdish: شەڕ (şerr) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kyrgyz: уруш (uruş) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kyrgyz: согуш (soguş) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kyrgyz: кыргын (kırgın) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Kyrgyz: күрөш (küröş) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Lao: ສົງຄາມ (song khām) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Latgalian: kuove — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Latin: proelium — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Latvian: kauja — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Lingala: etumba — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Lithuanian: kova — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Lithuanian: mūšis — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Luxembourgish: Schluecht — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Macedonian: битка (bitka) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Macedonian: бој (boj) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Malay: pertempuran — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Manchu: ᠠᡶᠠᠨ (afan) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Māori: parekura — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Māori: putakari — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Māori: matawhāura — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Marathi: लढाई (laḍhāī) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Mongolian: байлдаан (bajldaan) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Mongolian: тулалдаан (tulaldaan) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Norman: batâle — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Norman: bataille — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Norwegian Bokmål: slag — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Norwegian Bokmål: kamp — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Occitan: batalha — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Odia: ଲଢେଇ (laḍhei) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Old English: ġefeoht — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Papiamentu: bataya — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Pashto: محاربه (mahārebá) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Pashto: جنګ (jang) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Pashto: جګړه (jagǝṛá) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Iranian Persian: رَزْم (razm) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Iranian Persian: نَبَرْد (nabard) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Iranian Persian: جَنْگ (jang) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Iranian Persian: مُحارِبِه (mohârebe) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Iranian Persian: مُبارِزِه (mobâreze) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Plautdietsch: Kaumf — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Plautdietsch: Schlacht — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Polish: walka — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Polish: bitwa — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Polish: bój — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Polish: batalia — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Portuguese: batalha — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Romanian: bătălie — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Romansh: battaglia — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Romansh: bataglia — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Russian: би́тва (bítva) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Russian: бой (boj) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Russian: сраже́ние (sražénije) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Russian: бата́лия (batálija) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sanskrit: संग्राम (saṃgrāma) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sanskrit: रण (raṇa) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sanskrit: युद्ध (yuddha) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sardinian: batalla — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sardinian: batadha — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sardinian: batàglia — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sardinian: bataza — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Serbo-Croatian: би̏тка — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̀рба — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̑ј — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Serbo-Croatian: bȉtka — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Serbo-Croatian: bòrba — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Serbo-Croatian: bȏj — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sicilian: battagghia — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Slovak: bitva — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Slovak: bitka — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Slovak: boj — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Slovene: boj — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Slovene: bitka — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Spanish: batalla — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Spanish: lucha — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Sudovian: kavja — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Swahili: vita — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Swedish: slag — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Swedish: strid — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Swedish: kamp — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tabasaran: дяви (djavi) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tagalog: labanan — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tajik: мубориза (muboriza) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tajik: муҳориба (muhoriba) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tajik: разм (razm) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tajik: набард (nabard) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tajik: ҷанг (jang) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tatar: сугыш (suğış) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tatar: көрәш (köräş) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Telugu: యుద్ధము (yuddhamu) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Thai: สงคราม (sǒng-kraam) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tibetan: རྒྱ་འདྲེ (rgya 'dre) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Tocharian B: weta — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkish: harp — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkish: savaş — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkish: muharebe — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkish: vuruşma — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkish: cenk — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ottoman Turkish: صاواش (savaş) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ottoman Turkish: ناورد (naverd) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkmen: söweş — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkmen: jeň — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Turkmen: göreş — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ukrainian: би́тва (býtva) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ukrainian: бій (bij) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ukrainian: бойови́ще (bojovýšče) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ukrainian: бойови́сько (bojovýsʹko) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Ukrainian: бата́лія (batálija) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Urdu: جَن٘گ (jaṅg) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Urdu: مُبارَزَہ (mubāraza) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Urdu: لَڑائی (laṛāī) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Urdu: رَزْم (razm) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uyghur: جەڭ (jeng) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uyghur: مۇھارىبە (muharibe) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uyghur: كۈرەش (küresh) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uyghur: سوقۇش (soqush) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uzbek: jang — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uzbek: urush — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uzbek: muhoraba — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uzbek: muboraza — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Uzbek: kurash — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Vietnamese: trận đánh — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Volapük: lekomip — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Walloon: batreye — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Walloon: bate — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Walloon: bataye — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Welsh: cad — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Welsh: brwydr — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Woiwurrung: jelpchering — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Yiddish: שלאַכט (shlakht) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Yiddish: קאַמף (kamf) — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Zulu: impi — general action, fight, or encounter; a combat
• Armenian: պայքար (paykʻar) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Bulgarian: борба́ (borbá) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Catalan: batalla — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Czech: boj — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Czech: zápas — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Danish: kamp — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Dutch: gevecht — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Dutch: strijd — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Esperanto: lukto — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Finnish: taistelu — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• French: lutte — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• North Frisian: kåmp — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• German: Kampf — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Greek: μάχη (máchi) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Greek: αγώνας (agónas) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Hebrew: מַאֲבָק (ma'avák) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Hindi: संघर्ष (saṅgharṣ) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Icelandic: barátta — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Irish: coimhlint — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Italian: lotta — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Japanese: 戦い (tatakai) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Polish: walka — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Polish: bitwa — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Portuguese: luta — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Russian: борьба́ (borʹbá) — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Serbo-Croatian: бо̀рба — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Serbo-Croatian: bòrba — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Walloon: lûte — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Walloon: toursiyaedje — struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life
• Catalan: batalla — (obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬥爭 /斗争 (dòuzhēng) — (obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion
• Polish: batalion — (obsolete) a division of an army; a battalion
• Asturian: batallar — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Bulgarian: сражавам се (sražavam se) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Catalan: combatre — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Catalan: batallar — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Czech: bojovat — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Dutch: strijden — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Dutch: vechten — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Esperanto: lukti — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Finnish: taistella — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• French: lutter — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Galician: batallar — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Georgian: იბრძვის (ibrʒvis) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• German: kämpfen — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Italian: battagliare — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Japanese: 戦う (tatakau) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Japanese: 争う (arasou) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Korean: 싸우다 (ssauda) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Korean: 전쟁하다 (jeonjaenghada) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Latin: proelior — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Māori: parekura — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Māori: nguha — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Māori: oke — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Mongolian: тулалдах (tulaldax) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Portuguese: batalhar — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Russian: сража́ться (sražátʹsja) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Russian: срази́ться (srazítʹsja) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Russian: би́ться (bítʹsja) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Russian: боро́ться (borótʹsja) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Sanskrit: युध्यते (yudhyate) — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Spanish: luchar — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Spanish: batallar — (intransitive) to join in battle; to contend in fight
• Catalan: batallar — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Dutch: bestrijden — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Dutch: bevechten — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Esperanto: batali — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Finnish: taistella — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Georgian: ებრძოლება (ebrʒoleba) — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• German: bekämpfen — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• German: bekriegen — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (weihan) — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Greek: μάχομαι (máchomai) — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Māori: kakari — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Sanskrit: युध्यते (yudhyate) — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight
• Spanish: batallar — (transitive) to assail in battle; to fight