battalion
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon).
Inflected forms:
form: battalions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: battalions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: battalioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: battalioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: battalioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment.
pos: noun
gloss: an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: Any large body of troops.
pos: noun
gloss: A great number of things.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
gloss: To form into battalions.
pos: verb
Derived words: battalion tactical group
construction battalion
pals battalion
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: bataljon
lang: Albanian
word: batalion
lang: Arabic
word: كَتِيبَة
roman: katība
lang: Armenian
word: գումարտակ
roman: gumartak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: tabor
lang: Belarusian
word: батальён
roman: batalʹjón
lang: Belarusian
word: дывізіён
roman: dyvizijón
lang: Belarusian
word: дывізыён
roman: dyvizyjón
lang: Bulgarian
word: батальо́н
roman: bataljón
lang: Burmese
word: တပ်ရင်း
roman: tap-rang:
lang: Catalan
word: batalló
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 營 /营
roman: yíng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 大隊 /大队
roman: dàduì
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: batalyon
lang: Czech
word: prapor
lang: Danish
word: bataljon
lang: Dutch
word: bataljon
lang: Erzya
word: коцталкс
roman: koctalks
lang: Estonian
word: pataljon
lang: Finnish
word: pataljoona
lang: French
word: bataillon
lang: Georgian
word: ბატალიონი
roman: baṭalioni
lang: German
word: Bataillon
lang: German
word: Sanitätsbataillon
lang: Greek
word: τάγμα
roman: tágma
lang: Hebrew
word: גְּדוּד
roman: gdud
lang: Hindi
word: बटालियन
roman: baṭāliyan
lang: Hungarian
word: zászlóalj
lang: Ido
word: batalieraro
lang: Indonesian
word: batalyon
lang: Indonesian
word: batalion
lang: Irish
word: cathlán
lang: Italian
word: battaglione
lang: Italian
word: compagnia
lang: Japanese
word: 大隊
roman: daitai
lang: Kazakh
word: батальон
roman: batalon
lang: Korean
word: 대대
roman: daedae
lang: Kyrgyz
word: батальон
roman: batalon
lang: Latvian
word: bataljons
lang: Lithuanian
word: bataljonas
lang: Macedonian
word: баталјо́н
roman: bataljón
lang: Malay
word: batalion
lang: Māori
word: pātariana
lang: Māori
word: ope taua
lang: Norman
word: bataillon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bataljon
lang: Persian
word: گردان
roman: gardân
lang: Persian
word: باطالیون
roman: bâtâlyon
lang: Polish
word: batalion
lang: Polish
word: baon
lang: Portuguese
word: batalhão
lang: Romanian
word: batalion
lang: Russian
word: батальо́н
roman: batalʹón
lang: Russian
word: дивизио́н
roman: divizión
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: батаљон
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: bataljon
lang: Slovak
word: prápor
lang: Slovene
word: bataljon
lang: Spanish
word: batallón
lang: Swahili
word: batalioni
lang: Swedish
word: bataljon
lang: Tajik
word: батальон
roman: batalon
lang: Tajik
word: гурдон
roman: gurdon
lang: Telugu
word: పటాలము
roman: paṭālamu
lang: Thai
word: กองพัน
roman: gɔɔng-pan
lang: Turkish
word: tabur
lang: Ukrainian
word: батальйо́н
roman: batalʹjón
lang: Ukrainian
word: дивізіо́н
roman: dyvizión
lang: Uzbek
word: batalon
lang: Vietnamese
word: tiểu đoàn