battalion

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Frenchbattaillon(modernFrenchbataillon).

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/bəˈtæliən/

• Audio(Southern England):

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Noun

battalion(pluralbattalions)

1. (military)Anarmyunithaving two or morecompanies,etc. and aheadquarters.Traditionally forming part of aregiment.
2. (US,military)an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of abrigade.
3. Any largebodyoftroops.
4. (by extension)Agreatnumberof things.

Synonyms

• (great number of things):heap,horde,load,mass,pile,swathe

Derived terms

• battalion tactical group
• construction battalion
• pals battalion

Translations

army unit

• Afrikaans:bataljon
• Albanian:batalion(sq)m
• Arabic:كَتِيبَةf(katība)
• Armenian:գումարտակ(hy)(gumartak)
• Azerbaijani:tabor
• Belarusian:батальёнm(batalʹjón),дывізіёнm(dyvizijón),дывізыёнm(dyvizyjón)
• Bulgarian:батальо́нm(bataljón)
• Burmese:တပ်ရင်း(my)(tap-rang:)
• Catalan:batalló(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Doanh／Doanh(zh)(yíng),Đại đội／Đại đội(zh)(dàduì)

• Crimean Tatar:batalyon
• Czech:prapor(cs)m
• Danish:bataljon(da)c
• Dutch:bataljon(nl)n
• Erzya:коцталкс(koctalks)
• Esperanto:please add this translation if you can
• Estonian:pataljon
• Finnish:pataljoona(fi)
• French:bataillon(fr)m

  Middle French:please add this translation if you can

• Georgian:ბატალიონი(baṭalioni)
• German:Bataillon(de)n,Sanitätsbataillonn(medical)
• Greek:τάγμα(el)n(tágma)
• Hebrew:גְּדוּד(he)m(gdud)
• Hindi:बटालियन(hi)m(baṭāliyan)
• Hungarian:zászlóalj(hu)
• Indonesian:batalyon(id),batalion(id)
• Irish:cathlán
• Italian:battaglione(it)m,compagnia(it)f
• Japanese:Đại đội(ja)(だいたい, daitai)
• Kazakh:батальон(batalon)
• Khmer:^{(pleaseverify)}កងវរសេនាតូច(kângôvrôsénéatoch)
• Korean:대대( đại đội )(ko)(daedae)
• Kyrgyz:батальон(ky)(batalon)
• Latvian:bataljonsm
• Lithuanian:bataljonasm
• Macedonian:баталјо́нm(bataljón)
• Malay:batalion
• Maori:pātariana,ope taua
• Norman:bataillonm
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:bataljon(no)m

• Persian:گردان(phát)(gardân),باطالیون(bâtâlyon)
• Polish:batalion(pl)m,baon(pl)m
• Portuguese:batalhão(pt)m
• Romanian:batalion(ro)n
• Russian:батальо́н(ru)m(batalʹón),дивизио́н(ru)m(divizión)(artillery or cavalry)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:батаљонm

  Roman:bataljon(sh)m

• Slovak:práporm
• Slovene:bataljon(sl)m
• Spanish:batallón(es)m
• Swahili:batalioni
• Swedish:bataljon(sv)c
• Tajik:батальон(batalon),гурдон(gurdon)
• Telugu:పటాలము(te)(paṭālamu)
• Thai:กองพัน(th)(gɔɔng-pan)
• Turkish:tabur(tr)
• Ukrainian:батальйо́н(uk)m(batalʹjón),дивізіо́нm(dyvizión)
• Uzbek:batalon(uz)
• Vietnamese:tiểu đoàn(vi)

any large body of troops

• Afrikaans:bataljon
• Albanian:batalion(sq)m
• Finnish:pataljoona(fi)
• French:bataillon(fr)m
• German:Bataillon(de)n
• Greek:λεφούσι(el)n(lefoúsi),στίφος(el)n(stífos)
• Maori:ope taua
• Norman:bataillonm
• Portuguese:batalhão(pt)m
• Spanish:batallón(es)m

great number of things

• Greek:λεφούσι(el)n(lefoúsi),στίφος(el)n(stífos)

Verb

battalion(third-person singular simple presentbattalions,present participlebattalioning,simple past and past participlebattalioned)

1. To form into battalions.

Anagrams

• antibloat