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battle

/ˈbætəl/BA-tuhl
/ˈbætəl/BA-tuhl

Meaninga beating; a fight

Common meaning: a fight between armed forces

Journey through time

  1. Latinbattuō‘to beat, strike’
  2. Frenchbataille
  3. Middle Englishbatailesource
  4. Englishbattle‘a fight between armed forces’ · today

batt also in: batter

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin battuō ‘to beat, strike’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry battuō, p. 222 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • battuō Latin “to beat, strike”

Related words

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