battle cry

English[edit]

battle cry (plural battle cries)

(military) An exclamation troops yell out when going to war or battle.
- 2011, Shayfer James (lyrics and music), “Battle Cry”, in Counterfeit Arcade, performed by Shayfer James:
  Hear my battle cry, hear that mighty sound / They’ve come before, and many more will try to strike me down
(by extension) A strong motto or purpose statement, especially in regards to winning a goal in sports, games or work.

something the troops yell out when going to war or battle

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: մարտակոչ (hy) (martakočʻ)
Bashkir: оран (oran)
Belarusian: баявы кліч (bajavy klič)
Breton: lugan m
Catalan: crit de guerra m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 喊殺聲／喊杀声 (hǎnshāshēng), 吶喊聲／呐喊声 (nàhǎnshēng)
Danish: kampråb n, krigsråb n
Dutch: strijdkreet (nl) m, wapenkreet (nl) m, oorlogskreet (nl) m, aanvalskreet (nl) m
Egyptian:

(hmhmt)
Finnish: sotahuuto (fi)
French: cri de guerre (fr) m
Galician: apelido (gl) m (archaic), grito de guerra m
German: Schlachtruf (de) m, Kampfruf m, Schlachtgeschrei n, Feldgeschrei n
Greek: (πολεμική) ιαχή (el) f (iachí)
Ancient: βοή f (boḗ), ἀϋτή f (aütḗ) (Epic)
Hungarian: csatakiáltás (hu)
Italian: grido di battaglia m, grido di guerra (it) m
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 喊声 (ja) (かんせい, kansei), 鬨 (ja) (toki), 鬨の声 (toki no koe)
Korean: 함성 (hamseong), 기합 (ko) (gihap), 표어 (ko) (pyoeo), 슬로건 (ko) (seullogeon)
Lithuanian: karo šūkis m
Malay: laungan perang, semboyan (ms)
Polish: okrzyk bojowy m
Portuguese: grito de guerra m
Russian: боево́й клич m (bojevój klič)
Sanskrit: क्रन्दस् (sa) n (krandas)
Scottish Gaelic: sluagh-ghairm
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо̑јнӣ по̏клӣч m

Roman: bȏjnī pȍklīč m
Spanish: grito de guerra m
Swedish: stridsrop (sv) n, härskri n
Tagalog: siglaban
Turkish: savaş narası
Volapük: krigavokäd, krigaluvokäd

motto or personal statement