/ˈbæt.ər.i/
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Translation
A small object that stores power and makes phones, toys, and cars work.
Word origin
From French batterie, a set of guns firing together, from battre, to hit; the power cell was named after a set of connected cells.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- battre
Grammar
Gender
Pluralbatteries
Examples
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A dead battery has no power left in it.
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Batteries is the plural of battery.
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In British English a flat battery is an empty one.
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