English Explanatory Dictionary

battalion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
  2. an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
  3. Any large body of troops.
  4. A great number of things.
verb
  1. To form into battalions.

Pronunciation

/bəˈtæl.i.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-battalion.wav /bəˈtæl.jən/

Word forms

battalion battalions battalioning battalioned

Etymology

From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon).

Synonyms

heap horde load mass pile swathe

Derived words

battalion tactical group construction battalion pals battalion

Translations

Afrikaans: bataljon Albanian: batalion Arabic: كَتِيبَة Armenian: գումարտակ Azerbaijani: tabor Belarusian: батальён Belarusian: дывізіён Belarusian: дывізыён Bulgarian: батальо́н Burmese: တပ်ရင်း Catalan: batalló Chinese Mandarin: 營 /营 Chinese Mandarin: 大隊 /大队 Crimean Tatar: batalyon Czech: prapor Danish: bataljon Dutch: bataljon Erzya: коцталкс Estonian: pataljon Finnish: pataljoona French: bataillon Georgian: ბატალიონი German: Bataillon German: Sanitätsbataillon Greek: τάγμα Hebrew: גְּדוּד Hindi: बटालियन Hungarian: zászlóalj Ido: batalieraro Indonesian: batalyon Indonesian: batalion Irish: cathlán Italian: battaglione Italian: compagnia Japanese: 大隊 Kazakh: батальон Korean: 대대 Kyrgyz: батальон Latvian: bataljons Lithuanian: bataljonas Macedonian: баталјо́н Malay: batalion Māori: pātariana Māori: ope taua Norman: bataillon Norwegian Bokmål: bataljon Persian: گردان Persian: باطالیون
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