battalion

English

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Etymology

From French bataillon.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bəˈtælɪən/

Noun

battalion (plural battalions)

1. (military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
2. (US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
3. Any large body of troops.
4. (by extension) A great number of things.

Synonyms

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

Translations

army unit

• Albanian: batalion (sq) m
• Cantonese: 連
• Crimean Tatar: batalyon
• Czech: prapor (cs) m
• Estonian: pataljon (et)
• French: bataillon (fr) m
• German: Bataillon (de) n
• Greek: τάγμα (el) (tágma) n
• Hungarian: zászlóalj (hu)
• Jèrriais: bataillon m

• Khmer: កងវរសេនាតូច (km) (kong voreak sena toch)
• Korean: 대대 (ko) (daedae)
• Mandarin: 連 (cmn)
• Russian: батальон (ru) (batal'on) m (read: batal'jón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: батаљон (sh) m

  Roman: bataljon (sh) m

• Spanish: batallón (es) m
• Swedish: bataljon (sv) c

any large body of troops

• Albanian: batalion (sq) m
• French: bataillon (fr) m
• German: Bataillon (de) n

• Greek: λεφούσι (el) (lephoúsi) n, στίφος (el) (stíphos) n
• Jèrriais: bataillon m

great number of things

• Greek: λεφούσι (el) (lephoúsi) n, στίφος (el) (stíphos) n

Verb

battalion (third-person singular simple present battalions, present participle battalioning, simple past and past participle battalioned)

1. To form into battalions.