embattled

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪm-/
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• General-American: /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/
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• General-American: /ɪm-/
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• General-American: [-ɾ(ə)ld]
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 M B AE1 T AH0 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From embattle (“to equip as for battle”) + -ed.

From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed.

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: bewapend — armed or prepared for battle
• Dutch: gevechtsklaar — armed or prepared for battle
• Finnish: aseistautunut — armed or prepared for battle
• Finnish: valmiina taisteluun — armed or prepared for battle
• Finnish: taisteluvalmis — armed or prepared for battle
• French: armé — armed or prepared for battle
• French: prêt pour la bataille — armed or prepared for battle
• Macedonian: воо́ружен (voóružen) — armed or prepared for battle
• Macedonian: бо́рбен (bórben) — armed or prepared for battle
• Romanian: înarmați — armed or prepared for battle
• Finnish: miehitetty — of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops
• Finnish: piiritetty — of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops
• Dutch: omsingeld — subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure
• Dutch: omstreden — subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure
• Finnish: uhattu — subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure
• French: contesté — subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure
• French: encerclé — subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure
• German: umkämpft — subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure
• Swedish: omstridd — subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure
• Danish: forsynet med skydeskår — of a fortress, etc.: having battlements or crenellations
• Danish: kreneleret — of a fortress, etc.: having battlements or crenellations
• Dutch: voortdurend in moeilijkheden — of a fortress, etc.: having battlements or crenellations
• Finnish: sakaramuurein varustettu — of a fortress, etc.: having battlements or crenellations
• French: crénaux d'une muraille — of a fortress, etc.: having battlements or crenellations
• French: toujours en difficultés — of a fortress, etc.: having battlements or crenellations
• Spanish: almenado — of a fortress, etc.: having battlements or crenellations
• Danish: tindesnit — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• Finnish: sakarallinen — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• Finnish: sakaroitu — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• Finnish: sakarakoroinen — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• French: crénelé — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• German: Zinnenschnitt — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• Italian: merlato — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• Spanish: almenado — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements
• Swedish: tinnskura — having an edge or outline of alternating square indendations and extensions like battlements