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/ba.taj/
Translation
battle
Word origin
From Late Latin battualia ('fighting and fencing exercises'), from battuere ('to beat, to strike'). The same root gives English 'battle' and 'batter'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- battualia
- English cognates
- battle, batter
Grammar
Examples
vainqueur .
The battle lasted three days with no clear winner.
remporté .
They won the battle but lost the war.
C' ' l'.
It is a battle lost in advance against the administration.
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The children had a snowball fight.
.
His life was a long battle against illness.
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