battle cry

English

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Noun

battle cry (plural battle cries)

1. (military) An exclamation troops yell out when going to war or battle.

   Synonym: war cry

   Near-synonym: rallying cry

   • 2011, Shayfer James, “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

2. (by extension) A strong motto or purpose statement, especially in regards to winning a goal in sports, games or work.

Related terms

• battle axe

Translations

something the troops yell out when going to war or battle

• Arabic: شِعَار m (šiʕār)
• Armenian: մարտակոչ (hy) (martakočʻ)
• Bashkir: оран (oran)
• Belarusian: баявы́ кліч m (bajavý klič)
• Breton: lugan m
• Bulgarian: бо́ен вик m (bóen vik)
• Catalan: crit de guerra m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喊殺聲 / 喊杀声 (hǎnshāshēng), 吶喊聲 / 呐喊声 (nàhǎnshēng)

• Cornish: garm vresel f
• 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 Greek: βοή f (boḗ), ἀϋτή f (aütḗ) (Epic)

• Hindi: युद्ध घोष m (yuddh ghoṣ)
• Hungarian: csatakiáltás (hu)
• Italian: grido di battaglia m, grido di guerra (it) m
• Japanese: 喊声 (ja) (かんせい, kansei), 鬨 (ja) (とき, toki), 鬨の声 (ときのこえ, toki no koe)
• Korean: 함성(喊聲) (hamseong), 기합(氣合) (ko) (gihap), 표어(標語) (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

  Latin: bȏjnī pȍklīč m

• Spanish: grito de guerra m
• Swedish: stridsrop (sv) n, härskri n
• Tagalog: siglaban
• Turkish: savaş narası
• Ukrainian: бойови́й клич m (bojovýj klyč), бойови́й ви́гук m (bojovýj výhuk)
• Volapük: krigavokäd, krigaluvokäd

motto or personal statement

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 口號 / 口号 (zh) (kǒuhào)

• Danish: kampråb n, slogan n, feltråb n, slagord n, parole (da) c, motto n
• Finnish: taisteluhuuto
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• Malay: semboyan (ms)
• Polish: slogan (pl) m, hasło (pl) n
• Portuguese: grito de guerra m
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: stridsrop (sv) n