Meanings
nounbattlefield (plural battlefields)
plural battlefields · alternative battle-field
- The area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.
The night of the 16th of May found McPherson's command bivouacked from two to six miles west of the battlefield, along the line of the road to Vicksburg
1886, Ulysses S. Grant, chapter 35, in Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant1 more example
Though in the past it saw much of the unhappiness and strife of Border warfare—the great battlefields of Pilleth and Mortimer's Cross are nearby—it is now a quiet and happy place.
1939 September, John D. Hewitt, “The Kington Branch of the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 191Synonyms: battleground, field of battle
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe area where a land battle is fought, which may not necessarily be a field.
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More synonyms by meaning
nouna region where a battle is being (or has been) fought
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
- Latinbattuō
- Late Latinbattālia
- Old Frenchbataille
- Middle Englishbatayle
- Englishbattle
- Proto-Germanic*felþuz
- Proto-West Germanic*felþu
- Old Englishfeld
- Middle Englishfeld
- Englishfield
- Englishbattlefield
Translations
Arabic سَاحَة حَرْب, سَاحَة مَعْرَكَة
- سَاحَة حَرْب (sāḥat ḥarb)field of a land battle
- سَاحَة مَعْرَكَة (sāḥat maʕraka)field of a land battle
- مُعْتَرَك (muʕtarak)field of a land battle
- مُقْتَتَل (muqtatal)field of a land battle
Bengali রণক্ষেত্র, যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র
- রণক্ষেত্র (ronokkhetro)field of a land battle
- যুদ্ধক্ষেত্র (juddhokkhetro)field of a land battle
- রঙ্গভূমি (roṅgobhumi)field of a land battle
- ময়দান (moẏodan)field of a land battle
Bulgarian бо́йно поле́, бои́ще
- бо́йно поле́ (bójno polé)field of a land battle
- бои́ще (boíšte)field of a land battle
- полесраже́ние (polesražénie)field of a land battle
Catalan camp de batalla
- camp de batallafield of a land battle
Chinese Mandarin 戰場 /战场, 沙場 /沙场
- 戰場 /战场 (zhànchǎng)field of a land battle
- 沙場 /沙场 (shāchǎng)field of a land battle
- 戰地 /战地 (zhàndì)field of a land battle
Czech bojiště
- bojištěfield of a land battle
Danish slagmark
- slagmarkfield of a land battle
Dutch slagveld
- slagveldfield of a land battle
Esperanto batalejo
- batalejofield of a land battle
Estonian lahinguväli
- lahinguvälifield of a land battle
Finnish taistelukenttä, taistelutanner
- taistelukenttäfield of a land battle
- taistelutannerfield of a land battle
French champ de bataille
- champ de bataillefield of a land battle
German Schlachtfeld
- Schlachtfeldfield of a land battle
Greek πεδίο μάχης
- πεδίο μάχης (pedío máchis)field of a land battle
Hebrew שְׂדֵה קְרָב
- שְׂדֵה קְרָב (sde krav)field of a land battle
Hindi युद्धक्षेत्र, रणक्षेत्र
- युद्धक्षेत्र (yuddhakṣetra)field of a land battle
- रणक्षेत्र (raṇakṣetra)field of a land battle
- युद्धभूमि (yuddhabhūmi)field of a land battle
- लड़ाई का मैदान (laṛāī kā maidān)field of a land battle
Hungarian harcmező, csatatér
- harcmezőfield of a land battle
- csatatérfield of a land battle
Icelandic vígvöllur
- vígvöllurfield of a land battle
Indonesian medan tempur, medan perang
- medan tempurfield of a land battle
- medan perangfield of a land battle
Irish ármhá, blár catha
- ármháfield of a land battle
- blár cathafield of a land battle
- fód cathafield of a land battle
- machaire cathafield of a land battle
Italian campo di battaglia
- campo di battagliafield of a land battle
Japanese 戦場, 戦地
- 戦場 (senjō)field of a land battle
- 戦地 (senchi)field of a land battle
Korean 전장, 싸움터
- 전장 (jeonjang)field of a land battle
- 싸움터 (ssaumteo)field of a land battle
- 전장터 (jeonjangteo)field of a land battle
- 전지 (jeonji)field of a land battle
Latvian karalauks
- karalauksfield of a land battle
Lithuanian mūšio laukas
- mūšio laukasfield of a land battle
Malay medan perang
- medan perangfield of a land battle
Māori tahua riringa, tūmū
- tahua riringafield of a land battle
- tūmūfield of a land battle
- māra o te pakangafield of a land battle
- kauhanga ririfield of a land battle
- parekurafield of a land battle
- pae o te pakangafield of a land battle
Norwegian Bokmål slagmark
- slagmarkfield of a land battle
Polish pole bitwy, pobojowisko
- pole bitwyfield of a land battle
- pobojowiskofield of a land battle
- pole walkifield of a land battle
Portuguese campo de batalha
- campo de batalhafield of a land battle
Punjabi ਜੰਗ ਦਾ ਮੈਦਾਨ
- ਜੰਗ ਦਾ ਮੈਦਾਨ (jaṅg dā maidān)field of a land battle
Romanian câmp de luptă
- câmp de luptăfield of a land battle
Russian по́ле бо́я, по́ле би́твы
- по́ле бо́я (póle bója)field of a land battle
- по́ле би́твы (póle bítvy)field of a land battle
- по́ле бра́ни (póle bráni)field of a land battle
Slovak bojisko
- bojiskofield of a land battle
Spanish campo de batalla, campo batallaroso
- campo de batallafield of a land battle
- campo batallarosofield of a land battle
Swahili uwanja wa vita
- uwanja wa vitafield of a land battle
Swedish slagfält, krigsfält
- slagfältfield of a land battle
- krigsfältfield of a land battle
Tamil போர்க்களம், அரங்கம்
- போர்க்களம் (pōrkkaḷam)field of a land battle
- அரங்கம் (araṅkam)field of a land battle
Thai สนามรบ, สมรภูมิ
- สนามรบ (sà-nǎam-róp)field of a land battle
- สมรภูมิ (sà-mɔ̌ɔ-rá-puum)field of a land battle
Turkish savaş meydanı, savaş alanı
- savaş meydanıfield of a land battle
- savaş alanıfield of a land battle
Ukrainian по́ле бо́ю, по́ле би́тви
- по́ле бо́ю (póle bóju)field of a land battle
- по́ле би́тви (póle býtvy)field of a land battle
- побо́їще (pobójišče)field of a land battle
Urdu مَیدانِ جَن٘گ, مَیدانِ کارْزار
- مَیدانِ جَن٘گ (maidān-i jaṅg)field of a land battle
- مَیدانِ کارْزار (maidān-i kārzār)field of a land battle
- لَڑائی کا مَیدان (laṛāī kā maidān)field of a land battle
Vietnamese chiến trường, chiến địa
- chiến trườngfield of a land battle
- chiến địafield of a land battle
Welsh cadlan
- cadlanfield of a land battle
Yiddish שלאַכטפֿעלד
- שלאַכטפֿעלד (shlakhtfeld)field of a land battle
Cite this entry
APA
battlefield. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battlefield
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“battlefield.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battlefield. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “battlefield,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battlefield.
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