Meanings
nounbattalion (plural battalions)
plural battalions
verbbattalion (third-person singular simple present battalions, present participle battalioning, simple past and past participle battalioned)
present singular third person battalions · participle present battalioning · participle past battalioned · past battalioned
- To form into battalions.
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nouna large indefinite quantity
Broader
large indefinite quantitylarge indefinite amount
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Frenchbattaillon
- Englishbattalion
From Middle French battaillon (modern French bataillon).
More words from Middle French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bataljon, bataljon
- bataljonany large body of troops
- bataljonarmy unit
Arabic كَتِيبَة
- كَتِيبَة (katība)army unit
Bulgarian батальо́н
- батальо́н (bataljón)army unit
Catalan batalló
- batallóarmy unit
Chinese Mandarin 營 /营, 大隊 /大队
- 營 /营 (yíng)army unit
- 大隊 /大队 (dàduì)army unit
Czech prapor
- praporarmy unit
Danish bataljon
- bataljonarmy unit
Dutch bataljon
- bataljonarmy unit
Estonian pataljon
- pataljonarmy unit
Finnish pataljoona, pataljoona
- pataljoonaany large body of troops
- pataljoonaarmy unit
French bataillon, bataillon
- bataillonany large body of troops
- bataillonarmy unit
German Bataillon, Bataillon
- Bataillonany large body of troops
- Bataillonarmy unit
- Sanitätsbataillonarmy unit
Greek λεφούσι, στίφος
- λεφούσι (lefoúsi)any large body of troops
- στίφος (stífos)any large body of troops
- λεφούσι (lefoúsi)great number of things
- στίφος (stífos)great number of things
- τάγμα (tágma)army unit
Hebrew גְּדוּד
- גְּדוּד (gdud)army unit
Hindi बटालियन
- बटालियन (baṭāliyan)army unit
Hungarian zászlóalj
- zászlóaljarmy unit
Indonesian batalyon, batalion
- batalyonarmy unit
- batalionarmy unit
Irish cathlán
- cathlánarmy unit
Italian battaglione, compagnia
- battaglionearmy unit
- compagniaarmy unit
Japanese 大隊
- 大隊 (daitai)army unit
Korean 대대
- 대대 (daedae)army unit
Latvian bataljons
- bataljonsarmy unit
Lithuanian bataljonas
- bataljonasarmy unit
Malay batalion
- batalionarmy unit
Māori ope taua, pātariana
- ope tauaany large body of troops
- pātarianaarmy unit
- ope tauaarmy unit
Norwegian Bokmål bataljon
- bataljonarmy unit
Persian گردان, باطالیون
- گردان (gardân)army unit
- باطالیون (bâtâlyon)army unit
Polish batalion, baon
- batalionarmy unit
- baonarmy unit
Portuguese batalhão, batalhão
- batalhãoany large body of troops
- batalhãoarmy unit
Romanian batalion
- batalionarmy unit
Russian батальо́н, дивизио́н
- батальо́н (batalʹón)army unit
- дивизио́н (divizión)army unit
Slovak prápor
- práporarmy unit
Spanish batallón, batallón
- batallónany large body of troops
- batallónarmy unit
Swahili batalioni
- batalioniarmy unit
Swedish bataljon
- bataljonarmy unit
Thai กองพัน
- กองพัน (gɔɔng-pan)army unit
Turkish tabur
- taburarmy unit
Ukrainian батальйо́н, дивізіо́н
- батальйо́н (batalʹjón)army unit
- дивізіо́н (dyvizión)army unit
Vietnamese tiểu đoàn
- tiểu đoànarmy unit
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Cite this entry
APA
battalion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battalion
MLA
“battalion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battalion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “battalion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battalion.
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