battalion

English

Noun

Wikipedia 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. Bosnian: bataljon m. Cantonese: 連 (yue) Crimean Tatar: batalyon Croatian: bataljon m. Czech: prapor (cs) m. Estonian: pataljon (et) French: bataillon (fr) m. German: Bataillon (de) n.

Greek: τάγμα (el) (tágma) n. Hungarian: zászlóalj (hu) Mandarin: 連 (cmn) Russian: батальон (ru) (batal'on) m. (read: batal'jón) Serbian: Cyrillic: батаљон m. Roman: bataljon 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 (lephoúsi) n., στίφος (stíphos) n.

great number of things

Greek: λεφούσι (lephoúsi) n., στίφος (stíphos) n.