battleplan

B3A1T1T1L1E1P3L1A1N1

noun

The planned strategy and tactics to be used in a battle.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounbattleplan (plural battleplans)

plural battleplans · alternative battle plan

  1. The planned strategy and tactics to be used in a battle.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  11. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  14. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  15. Latinplanta
  16. Latinplantāre
  17. Frenchplanterdeverb.
  18. Frenchplant
  19. Frenchplan
  20. Englishplan
  21. Englishbattleplan

From battle + plan.

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Translations

Finnish taistelusuunnitelma
  • taistelusuunnitelmastrategy and tactics to be used in a battle
French plan de bataille
  • plan de bataillestrategy and tactics to be used in a battle
German Schlachtplan
  • Schlachtplanstrategy and tactics to be used in a battle
Hindi युद्धनीति
  • युद्धनीति (yuddhnīti)strategy and tactics to be used in a battle
Hungarian csataterv
  • csatatervstrategy and tactics to be used in a battle
Polish plan bitwy
  • plan bitwystrategy and tactics to be used in a battle
Romanian plan de luptă
  • plan de luptăstrategy and tactics to be used in a battle
Russian план сражения, план битвы
  • план сражения (plan sraženija)strategy and tactics to be used in a battle
  • план битвыstrategy and tactics to be used in a battle
Cite this entry
APA

battleplan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleplan

MLA

“battleplan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleplan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “battleplan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/battleplan.

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