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battlefield

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈbætəlˌfiːld/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 T AH0 L F IY2 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: battleground, field of battle

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they made a tour of Civil War battlefields

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

Narrower terms: Armageddon, Camlan

History

Etymology

From battle + field.

Across languages

Translations

150 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: fushë betejë — field of a land battle
  • Albanian: log — field of a land battle
  • Arabic: سَاحَة حَرْب (sāḥat ḥarb) — field of a land battle
  • Arabic: سَاحَة مَعْرَكَة (sāḥat maʕraka) — field of a land battle
  • Arabic: مُعْتَرَك (muʕtarak) — field of a land battle
  • Arabic: مُقْتَتَل (muqtatal) — field of a land battle
  • Armenian: ռազմադաշտ (ṙazmadašt) — field of a land battle
  • Armenian: մարտադաշտ (martadašt) — field of a land battle
  • Azerbaijani: döyüş meydanı — field of a land battle
  • Belarusian: по́ле бо́ю (pólje bóju) — field of a land battle
  • Belarusian: по́ле бі́твы (pólje bítvy) — field of a land battle
  • Bengali: রণক্ষেত্র (ronokkhetro) — field of a land battle
  • Bengali: যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র (juddhokkhetro) — field of a land battle
  • Bengali: রঙ্গভূমি (roṅgobhumi) — field of a land battle
  • Bengali: ময়দান (moẏodan) — field of a land battle
  • Bulgarian: бо́йно поле́ (bójno polé) — field of a land battle
  • Bulgarian: бои́ще (boíšte) — field of a land battle
  • Bulgarian: полесраже́ние (polesražénie) — field of a land battle
  • Burmese: စစ်တလင်း (cacta.lang:) — field of a land battle
  • Burmese: စစ်မြေပြင် (cacmre-prang) — field of a land battle
  • Catalan: camp de batalla — field of a land battle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰場 /战场 (zhànchǎng) — field of a land battle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙場 /沙场 (shāchǎng) — field of a land battle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 戰地 /战地 (zhàndì) — field of a land battle
  • Czech: bojiště — field of a land battle
  • Danish: slagmark — field of a land battle
  • Dutch: slagveld — field of a land battle
  • Egyptian: p:r-i-tr-N21:Z1 (prj) — field of a land battle
  • Esperanto: batalejo — field of a land battle
  • Estonian: lahinguväli — field of a land battle
  • Finnish: taistelukenttä — field of a land battle
  • Finnish: taistelutanner — field of a land battle
  • French: champ de bataille — field of a land battle
  • Old French: champ — field of a land battle
  • Galician: campo de batalla — field of a land battle
  • Georgian: ბრძოლის ველი (brʒolis veli) — field of a land battle
  • German: Schlachtfeld — field of a land battle
  • Greek: πεδίο μάχης (pedío máchis) — field of a land battle
  • Gujarati: યુદ્ધક્ષેત્ર (yuddhakṣetra) — field of a land battle
  • Hebrew: שְׂדֵה קְרָב (sde krav) — field of a land battle
  • Hindi: युद्धक्षेत्र (yuddhakṣetra) — field of a land battle
  • Hindi: रणक्षेत्र (raṇakṣetra) — field of a land battle
  • Hindi: युद्धभूमि (yuddhabhūmi) — field of a land battle
  • Hindi: लड़ाई का मैदान (laṛāī kā maidān) — field of a land battle
  • Hungarian: harcmező — field of a land battle
  • Hungarian: csatatér — field of a land battle
  • Icelandic: vígvöllur — field of a land battle
  • Indonesian: medan tempur — field of a land battle
  • Indonesian: medan perang — field of a land battle
  • Irish: ármhá — field of a land battle
  • Irish: blár catha — field of a land battle
  • Irish: fód catha — field of a land battle
  • Irish: machaire catha — field of a land battle
  • Italian: campo di battaglia — field of a land battle
  • Japanese: 戦場 (senjō) — field of a land battle
  • Japanese: 戦地 (senchi) — field of a land battle
  • Kannada: ಸಮರಂಗ (samaraṅga) — field of a land battle
  • Kannada: ರಣರಂಗ (raṇaraṅga) — field of a land battle
  • Kazakh: ұрыс алаңы (ūrys alañy) — field of a land battle
  • Kazakh: ұрыс даласы (ūrys dalasy) — field of a land battle
  • Khmer: រឿណរង្គ (rɨən rŭəng) — field of a land battle
  • Khmer: សមរភូមិ (saʼmaʼraʼ phuum) — field of a land battle
  • Korean: 전장 (jeonjang) — field of a land battle
  • Korean: 싸움터 (ssaumteo) — field of a land battle
  • Korean: 전장터 (jeonjangteo) — field of a land battle
  • Korean: 전지 (jeonji) — field of a land battle
  • Northern Kurdish: meydana şerî — field of a land battle
  • Northern Kurdish: meydana cengê — field of a land battle
  • Kyrgyz: уруш талаасы (uruş talaası) — field of a land battle
  • Lao: ສະຫນາມລົບ (sa nām lop) — field of a land battle
  • Lao: ສນາມຣົບ (sa nām rop) — field of a land battle
  • Lao: ສມໍຣະພູມ (sa mǭ ra phūm) — field of a land battle
  • Latvian: karalauks — field of a land battle
  • Lithuanian: mūšio laukas — field of a land battle
  • Luxembourgish: Schluechtfeld — field of a land battle
  • Macedonian: бојно поле — field of a land battle
  • Macedonian: боиште (boište) — field of a land battle
  • Malay: medan perang — field of a land battle
  • Malayalam: യുദ്ധക്കളം (yuddhakkaḷaṁ) — field of a land battle
  • Maltese: kamp tal-battalja — field of a land battle
  • Māori: tahua riringa — field of a land battle
  • Māori: tūmū — field of a land battle
  • Māori: māra o te pakanga — field of a land battle
  • Māori: kauhanga riri — field of a land battle
  • Māori: parekura — field of a land battle
  • Māori: pae o te pakanga — field of a land battle
  • Mongolian: байлдааны талбар (bajldaany talbar) — field of a land battle
  • Mongolian: тулааны талбар (tulaany talbar) — field of a land battle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: slagmark — field of a land battle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: slagmark — field of a land battle
  • Church Slavic: боище (boište) — field of a land battle
  • Old English: wælstōw — field of a land battle
  • Pannonian Rusyn: боїско (bojisko) — field of a land battle
  • Pannonian Rusyn: боїще (bojišče) — field of a land battle
  • Pannonian Rusyn: польо бою (polʹo boju) — field of a land battle
  • Iranian Persian: مِیدانِ نَبَرْد (meydân-e nabard) — field of a land battle
  • Iranian Persian: مِیدانِ جَنْگ (meydân-e jang) — field of a land battle
  • Polish: pole bitwy — field of a land battle
  • Polish: pobojowisko — field of a land battle
  • Polish: pole walki — field of a land battle
  • Portuguese: campo de batalha — field of a land battle
  • Punjabi: ਜੰਗ ਦਾ ਮੈਦਾਨ (jaṅg dā maidān) — field of a land battle
  • Romanian: câmp de luptă — field of a land battle
  • Russian: по́ле бо́я (póle bója) — field of a land battle
  • Russian: по́ле би́твы (póle bítvy) — field of a land battle
  • Russian: по́ле бра́ни (póle bráni) — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̏јӣште — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̀јӣшница — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: бојно поље — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏прӣште — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȍjīšte — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: bòjīšnica — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: bojno polje — field of a land battle
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍprīšte — field of a land battle
  • Shan: ပၢင်တိုၵ်း (pǎang túek) — field of a land battle
  • Sinhalese: යුධ පිටිය (yudha piṭiya) — field of a land battle
  • Slovak: bojisko — field of a land battle
  • Slovene: bojišče — field of a land battle
  • Spanish: campo de batalla — field of a land battle
  • Spanish: campo batallaroso — field of a land battle
  • Swahili: uwanja wa vita — field of a land battle
  • Swedish: slagfält — field of a land battle
  • Swedish: krigsfält — field of a land battle
  • Tajik: майдони ҷанг (maydon-i jang) — field of a land battle
  • Tajik: майдони набард (maydon-i nabard) — field of a land battle
  • Tamil: போர்க்களம் (pōrkkaḷam) — field of a land battle
  • Tamil: அரங்கம் (araṅkam) — field of a land battle
  • Tatar: сугыш мәйданы (suğış mäydanı) — field of a land battle
  • Telugu: యుద్ధరంగము (yuddharaṅgamu) — field of a land battle
  • Telugu: రణరంగము (raṇaraṅgamu) — field of a land battle
  • Thai: สนามรบ (sà-nǎam-róp) — field of a land battle
  • Thai: สมรภูมิ (sà-mɔ̌ɔ-rá-puum) — field of a land battle
  • Turkish: savaş meydanı — field of a land battle
  • Turkish: savaş alanı — field of a land battle
  • Ottoman Turkish: مصف (masaff) — field of a land battle
  • Turkmen: söweş meýdany — field of a land battle
  • Ukrainian: по́ле бо́ю (póle bóju) — field of a land battle
  • Ukrainian: по́ле би́тви (póle býtvy) — field of a land battle
  • Ukrainian: побо́їще (pobójišče) — field of a land battle
  • Urdu: مَیدانِ جَن٘گ (maidān-i jaṅg) — field of a land battle
  • Urdu: مَیدانِ کارْزار (maidān-i kārzār) — field of a land battle
  • Urdu: لَڑائی کا مَیدان (laṛāī kā maidān) — field of a land battle
  • Uyghur: جەڭ مەيدانى (jeng meydani) — field of a land battle
  • Uyghur: ئۇرۇش مەيدانى (urush meydani) — field of a land battle
  • Uzbek: jang maydoni — field of a land battle
  • Uzbek: urush maydoni — field of a land battle
  • Vietnamese: chiến trường — field of a land battle
  • Vietnamese: chiến địa — field of a land battle
  • Welsh: cadlan — field of a land battle
  • Yiddish: שלאַכטפֿעלד (shlakhtfeld) — field of a land battle
Real reading context

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