bateria

Borrowed from French batterie.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ba.teˈɾi.a]

bateria f (plural bateries)

1. (military) battery
2. battery (power source)
3. drum
4. drum kit

bateria m or f by sense (plural bateries)

1. drummer

• “bateria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bateria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bateria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bateria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

bateria

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular conditional of bater

Borrowed from French batterie. Compare Slovincian batrëja.

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: ba‧te‧ria

bateria f (diminutive bateryjka, related adjective bateriowy or bateryjny)

1. (electronics) battery (a device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction)

bateria f (related adjective bateriowy or bateryjny)

1. (plumbing) tap, faucet (a device used to disperse water in a bathtub or sink)

   Synonym: kran

2. (military) artillery battery
3. (chess) battery (two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal)
4. battery, grouping, suit (a set of similar objects)

   Synonym: komplet

• → Kashubian: bateriô

• bateria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bateria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: ba‧te‧ri‧a

Borrowed from French batterie.^[1][2]

bateria f (plural baterias)

2. battery (group of electrochemical cells used to power electric devices)

   Coordinate term: pilha

3. (military) battery (coordinated group of artillery weapons)
4. (figurative) a series of coordinated actions

   Realizamos uma bateria de testes.

   We administered a battery of tests.

5. (music) drum kit; drum set; drums (collection of drums and other percussion instruments played as a unit)

   Synonym: (Brazil, colloquial) batera

• A battery consisting of a single cell is generally called a pilha instead. See usage notes there.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bateria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of bater

• “bateria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bateria”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025