battle

Etymology 1
From, , , , , borrowed from , from , variant of from , of  origin. Possibly from a or  root from, related to 🇨🇬; or possibly from a. . Displaced native, , , and , among others.

Noun

 * 1) A contest, a struggle.
 * 2)  A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
 * 3)  A division of an army; a battalion.
 * 4)  The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
 * 5) * 1655,, The church-history of Britain from the birth of Jesus Christ until the year M.DC.XLVIII, Book VIII, Century XVI, Section I, §36:
 * hovering aloofe in the fields he suffered Wyat his Van and main Battell (cutting off some of the Reare) to march undisturbed save with one shot, from Knights-Bridge to Charing Chrosse.
 * 1)  battle buddy
 * 1)  A division of an army; a battalion.
 * 2)  The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
 * 3) * 1655,, The church-history of Britain from the birth of Jesus Christ until the year M.DC.XLVIII, Book VIII, Century XVI, Section I, §36:
 * hovering aloofe in the fields he suffered Wyat his Van and main Battell (cutting off some of the Reare) to march undisturbed save with one shot, from Knights-Bridge to Charing Chrosse.
 * 1)  battle buddy
 * 1)  The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
 * 2) * 1655,, The church-history of Britain from the birth of Jesus Christ until the year M.DC.XLVIII, Book VIII, Century XVI, Section I, §36:
 * hovering aloofe in the fields he suffered Wyat his Van and main Battell (cutting off some of the Reare) to march undisturbed save with one shot, from Knights-Bridge to Charing Chrosse.
 * 1)  battle buddy
 * 1)  battle buddy
 * 1)  battle buddy

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: مَعْرَكَة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Asturian: batalla
 * Azerbaijani:, vuruşma, mübarizə,
 * Basque: bataila,
 * Belarusian: бі́тва, бой, змага́нне, бата́лія
 * Bengali:, ,
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: batalla
 * Georgian: ბრძოლა, ჭიდილი
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: μάχη, δῆρις
 * Haitian Creole: batay
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: cath
 * Istriot: batalgia
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, (archaic) , ,
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: ұрыс, шайқас, айқас, күрес
 * Khmer: ចំបាំង
 * Korean:, , ,
 * Kyrgyz:, , ,
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian: kuove
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:, mūšis
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: битка, бој
 * Malay:
 * Maori: parekura, putakari, matawhāura
 * Marathi: लढाई
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Ngazidja Comorian: nkodo
 * Norman: batâle, bataille
 * North Frisian: slåcht
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Old English: ġefeoht
 * Old French: bataille
 * Ottoman Turkish: صاواش, ناورد
 * Papiamentu: bataya
 * Pashto: محاربه, جنګ, جګړه
 * Persian:, , , ,
 * Plautdietsch: Kaumf, Schlacht
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Primitive Irish: ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: battaglia, bataglia
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Sardinian: batalla, batadha, batàglia, bataza
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: би̏тка, бо̀рба, бо̑ј
 * Roman:, ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak:, bitka, boj
 * Slovene: ,
 * Southern Altai: јуу-согуш, согыш
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sudovian: kavja
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tabasaran: дяви
 * Tagalog: labanan
 * Tajik:, муҳориба, разм, набард,
 * Tatar: ,
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: རྒྱ་འདྲེ
 * Tocharian B: weta
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Turkmen: söweş,, göreş
 * Ukrainian:, , , ,
 * Urdu: جَن٘گ, مُبارَزَہ, لَڑائی, ہارِب, رَزْم
 * Uyghur:, مۇھارىبە, , سوقۇش
 * Uzbek:, , , ,
 * Vietnamese: (陣打)
 * Volapük: lekomip
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Welsh: cad, ,
 * Yiddish: שלאַכט, קאַמף
 * Zulu:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: lukto
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: barátta
 * Irish: coimhlint
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * North Frisian: kåmp
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: бо̀рба
 * Roman:
 * Walloon: lûte,


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Polish:


 * Albanian:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Latin:, ,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Old English: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To join in battle; to contend in fight
 * Scientists always battle over theories.
 * She has been battling against cancer for years.
 * 1)  To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
 * She has been battling cancer for years.
 * She has been battling cancer for years.

Translations

 * Asturian: batallar
 * Bulgarian: сражавам се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: იბრძვის
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Latin: proelior
 * Maori: parekura, nguha, oke
 * Mongolian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ; ;
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish: ,


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: batali
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ებრძოლება
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Maori: kakari
 * Sanskrit:
 * Spanish:


 * Slovak:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,

Etymology 2
From Early Modern English, probably from , from , from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.
 * 2)  Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.
 * 1)  Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.
 * 1)  Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.

Verb

 * 1) To feed or nourish (someone or something).
 * 2) To render (land, soil, etc.) fertile or fruitful.