bataille

1. (feminine) battle
2. (feminine) war (card game)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ba.taj/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: bataille

Inherited from Old French: bataille

Inherited from Latin: battuō

In summary

Inherited from Middle French bataille, from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia, from Latin battuō, of Gaulish origin.

Concepts

battle

fight

war

combat

struggle

conflict

engagement

scuffle

blow

fighting

warfare

contest

quarrel

riot

rough-and-tumble

scrap

scuffling

slaughter

state of war

strife

tussle

armed combat

battalia

biffo

action

mass starvation

argument

bushwhacking

campaign

donnybrook

duel

fray

free-for-all

hassle

hostilities

joust

melee

Synonyms

combat

guerre

lutte

conflit

bagarre

hostilités

combattre

querelle

combats

combattent

combattez

combattons

lutte armée

luttent

luttez

luttons

mélée

campagne

différends

dispute

effort

engagement

lutter

Translations

battaglia

Schlacht

batalla

batalha

Kampf

bitwa

slag

luta

gevecht

pugna

μάχη

combattimento

strijd

batalla

combate

Sentences

Vous avez alors promis de mettre tout votre poids dans la bataille politique .

You then promised to put all your weight in the political battle.

Elle est en grande partie détruite lors de la bataille de Normandie .

It was largely destroyed during the Battle of Normandy.

Cette fois , ce fut une vraie bataille , horriblement sanglante .

This time it was a real battle, horribly bloody.

De nombreuses fustes furent alignées par les Turcs lors de la bataille de Lépante.

Many fustes were lined up by the Turks during the Battle of Lepanto.