baterie
Czech
Etymology
First attested in the 18th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbatɛrɪjɛ]
- Hyphenation: ba‧te‧rie
Noun
baterie f
- battery (storage unit for electricity)
- Synonym: baterka
- battery (coordinated group of artillery)
- tap ((bathroom) tap - device for dispensing liquids)
- battery (set of small cages for keeping of poultry)
- an array of bottles
Declension
Declension of baterie (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | baterie | baterie |
| genitive | baterie | baterií |
| dative | baterii | bateriím |
| accusative | baterii | baterie |
| vocative | baterie | baterie |
| locative | baterii | bateriích |
| instrumental | baterií | bateriemi |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “baterie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “baterie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Old French
Etymology
From the verb batre + -ie, from Latin battuō (“I beat”).
Noun
baterie oblique singular, f (oblique plural bateries, nominative singular baterie, nominative plural bateries)
- action of beating
Descendants
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French batterie.
Noun
baterie f (plural baterii)