la

feminine

/ba.tʁi/

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Translation

battery; drum kit, drums

Word origin

From battre, from Latin battuere ('to beat'). It named a set of guns that beat on a wall, then the drum kit, and finally the electric cell. English 'battery', 'battle' and 'beat' share the root.

Origin: Latin
Root: battuere
English cognates: battery, battle

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralbatteries

Examples

The car battery is flat.

He plays the drums in a small band.

The batteries in these phones last two days.

Change the battery before the trip.

They bought two new batteries.

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This word is part of lesson 46.