"battalion" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈtæliən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-battalion.wav Forms: battalions [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|battaillon}} Middle French battaillon, {{cog|fr|bataillon}} French bataillon Head templates: {{en-noun}} battalion (plural battalions)
  1. (military) An army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters. Traditionally forming part of a regiment. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-battalion-en-noun-EiXrvuwF Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (US, military) an army unit having two or more companies, etc. and a headquarters; forming part of a brigade. Tags: US Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-battalion-en-noun-P61RF-uO Categories (other): American English, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 9 33 19 8 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 7 33 18 6 36 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. Any large body of troops. Translations (any large body of troops): batalion [masculine] (Albanian), pataljoona (Finnish), bataillon [masculine] (French), Bataillon [neuter] (German), λεφούσι (lefoúsi) [neuter] (Greek), στίφος (stífos) [neuter] (Greek), ope taua (Maori), bataillon [masculine] (Norman), batalhão [masculine] (Portuguese), batallón [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-battalion-en-noun-9zIykwHn Categories (other): Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 9 33 19 8 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 7 33 18 6 36 Disambiguation of 'any large body of troops': 1 1 97 1
  4. (by extension) A great number of things. Tags: broadly Synonyms (great number of things): heap, horde, load, mass, pile, swathe Translations (great number of things): λεφούσι (lefoúsi) [neuter] (Greek), στίφος (stífos) [neuter] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-battalion-en-noun-MSPLMaeh Disambiguation of 'great number of things': 1 1 1 97 Disambiguation of 'great number of things': 1 1 1 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: battalion tactical group, construction battalion, pals battalion Translations (army unit): batalion [masculine] (Albanian), كَتِيبَة (katība) [feminine] (Arabic), գումարտակ (gumartak) (Armenian), tabor (Azerbaijani), батальён (batalʹjón) [masculine] (Belarusian), дывізіён (dyvizijón) [masculine] (Belarusian), дывізыён (dyvizyjón) [masculine] (Belarusian), батальо́н (bataljón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), တပ်ရင်း (tap-rang:) (Burmese), batalló [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (yíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 大隊 (Chinese Mandarin), 大队 (dàduì) (Chinese Mandarin), batalyon (Crimean Tatar), prapor [masculine] (Czech), bataljon [common-gender] (Danish), bataljon [neuter] (Dutch), коцталкс (koctalks) (Erzya), pataljon (Estonian), pataljoona (Finnish), bataillon [masculine] (French), ბატალიონი (baṭalioni) (Georgian), Bataillon [neuter] (German), Sanitätsbataillon (english: medical) [neuter] (German), τάγμα (tágma) [neuter] (Greek), גְּדוּד (gdud) [masculine] (Hebrew), बटालियन (baṭāliyan) [masculine] (Hindi), zászlóalj (Hungarian), batalyon (Indonesian), batalion (Indonesian), cathlán (Irish), battaglione [masculine] (Italian), compagnia [feminine] (Italian), 大隊 (daitai) (alt: だいたい) (Japanese), батальон (batalon) (Kazakh), 대대 (daedae) (alt: 大隊) (Korean), батальон (batalon) (Kyrgyz), bataljons [masculine] (Latvian), bataljonas [masculine] (Lithuanian), баталјо́н (bataljón) [masculine] (Macedonian), batalion (Malay), pātariana (Maori), ope taua (Maori), bataillon [masculine] (Norman), bataljon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), گردان (gardân) (Persian), batalion [masculine] (Polish), baon [masculine] (Polish), batalhão [masculine] (Portuguese), batalion [neuter] (Romanian), батальо́н (batalʹón) [masculine] (Russian), дивизио́н (divizión) (english: artillery or cavalry) [masculine] (Russian), батаљон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bataljon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prápor [masculine] (Slovak), bataljon [masculine] (Slovene), batallón [masculine] (Spanish), batalioni (Swahili), bataljon [common-gender] (Swedish), батальон (batalon) (Tajik), гурдон (gurdon) (Tajik), పటాలము (paṭālamu) (Telugu), กองพัน (gɔɔng-pan) (Thai), tabur (Turkish), батальйо́н (batalʹjón) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дивізіо́н (dyvizión) [masculine] (Ukrainian), batalon (Uzbek), tiểu đoàn (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'army unit': 49 49 1 1

Verb

IPA: /bəˈtæliən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-battalion.wav Forms: battalions [present, singular, third-person], battalioning [participle, present], battalioned [participle, past], battalioned [past]
Etymology: From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|battaillon}} Middle French battaillon, {{cog|fr|bataillon}} French bataillon Head templates: {{en-verb}} battalion (third-person singular simple present battalions, present participle battalioning, simple past and past participle battalioned)
  1. To form into battalions. Categories (topical): Collectives
    Sense id: en-battalion-en-verb-aFj7RfHl Disambiguation of Collectives: 12 16 16 16 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Crimean Tatar translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Erzya translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, 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Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uzbek translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 18 26 8 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 12 23 10 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 10 16 9 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 8 28 5 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 7 25 20 7 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 23 26 6 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 7 25 20 7 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 7 25 20 7 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 8 17 22 8 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 23 21 7 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 7 23 19 12 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 25 20 7 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Crimean Tatar translations: 9 33 19 8 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 25 18 10 38 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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "myv",
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "army unit",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "army unit",
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