battle
English
/ˈbætəl/, /ˈbætl̩/
noun
Definitions
- A contest, a struggle.
- (military) A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- (military) A division of an army; a battalion.
- (military) The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English batel derived from Old French bataille derived from Latin battālia, battuō (beat, strike, fight, hit, pound, I beat, I fight) derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (dig, stab).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰedʰ-
Gloss
dig, stab
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- battailous English
- battalia English
- battel English
- battle-cruiser English
- battlebus English
- battledress English
- battlefield English
- battlefront English
- battleground English
- battlegroup English
- battleline English
- battlemage English
- battleplan English
- battleplane English
- battler English
- battleship English
- battleshippy English
- battlesome English
- battlespace English
- battlest English
- battlesuit English
- battleth English
- battlewagon English
- battleward English
- battlewards English
- battleworks English
- battleworthy English
- battlezone English
- bus English
- cruiser English
- cyberbattle English
- dress English
- field English
- front English
- ground English
- group English
- gun English
- gunbattle English
- line English
- mage English
- main English
- main battle tank English
- midbattle English
- minibattle English
- nonbattle English
- outbattle English
- overbattle English
- plan English
- plane English
- postbattle English
- prebattle English
- ship English
- space English
- suit English
- tank English
- wagon English
- works English
- zone English
- *abbatere Latin
- *abbatō Latin
- *bataclum Latin
- battere Latin
- battetura Latin
- battuo Latin
- battuālia Latin
- battuō Latin
- battālia Latin
- battō Latin
- battaglia Italian
- баттл Russian
- batalla Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *badją Proto-Germanic
- batail Middle English
- batailloure Middle English
- bataillous Middle English
- batayle Middle English
- batayll Middle English
- batel Middle English
- batell Middle English
- bataille Old French
- bataillier Old French
- baterie Old French
- batre Old French
- batte Old French
- bătaie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bătător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bataille Norman
- batâle Norman
- betejë Albanian
- bataille Middle French
- batalla Old Portuguese
- *bodyom Proto-Celtic
- bãtalji Aromanian
- strãbat Aromanian
- batalla Asturian
- batalha Old Occitan
- *bed- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- bot Dalmatian
- batalgia Istriot
- gun
- bus
- tank
- mage
- suit
- ship
- plan
- zone
- main
- line
- works
- field
- group
- dress
- space
- plane
- front
- wagon
- ground
- battel
- cruiser
- battler
- battleth
- battalia
- battlest
- midbattle
- battlebus
- gunbattle
- prebattle
- nonbattle
- outbattle
- battleward
- battlesome
- overbattle
- battlemage
- battleship
- postbattle
- minibattle
- battleline
- battlesuit
- battlezone
- battleplan
- battailous
- battlefield
- battlegroup
- battleplane
- battleworks
- cyberbattle
- battlespace
- battlefront
- battlewards
- battlewagon
- battledress
- battleworthy
- battleshippy
- battleground
- battle-cruiser
- main battle tank