battaglione

Italian

Etymology

From battaglia +‎ -one.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bat.taʎˈʎo.ne/
  • Rhymes: -one
  • Hyphenation: bat‧ta‧glió‧ne

Noun

battaglione m (plural battaglioni)

  1. (military) battalion
  2. (by extension, uncommon) large group of people

Descendants

  • → French: bataillon
    • → Portuguese: batalhão
    • → Persian: باطالیون (bâtâlyon)
    • → Russian: батальо́н (batalʹón)
    • → Ukrainian: батальйо́н (batalʹjón)
  • → Polish: batalion

See also

Further reading

  • battaglione in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • battaglione in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • battaglione in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • battaglióne in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • battaglióne in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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