| French | English | |
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| batailler | to battle | |
Nouns |
| mil. bataille {f} [combat] | battle | |
2 Words: Verbs |
| persévérer | to battle on | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| mil. cri {m} de ralliement | battle cry | |
| mil. psych. état {m} de choc dû aux combats | battle fatigue | |
| mil. distinction {f} au combat | battle honor [Am.] | |
| mil. distinction {f} au combat | battle honour [Br.] | |
| mil. ordre {m} de bataille | battle order | |
| mil. mus. chant {m} de bataille | battle song | |
| mil. bataille {f} décisive | deciding battle | |
| mil. bataille {f} décisive | decisive battle | |
| armes mil. échange {m} de coups de feu | gun battle | |
| guéguerre {f} [fam.] | running battle [fig.] [longstanding argument] | |
3 Words: Verbs |
| mil. livrer bataille (à qn./qc.) | to do battle (with sb./sth.) | |
| livrer une bataille | to fight a battle | |
3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Abrittus [251] [aussi : bataille du forum Terebronii] | Battle of Abritus [251] [also: Battle of Forum Terebronii] [heavy defeat of Roman army by federation of Goths and Scyths] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Andrinople [378] [aussi : bataille d'Adrianople ; aujourd'hui Edirne en Turquie européenne] | Battle of Adrianople [378] [also: Battle of Hadrianopolis] [overwhelming victory of the Goths over the Eastern Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Azincourt [1415] | Battle of Agincourt [in 1415 English forces under King Henry V defeated numerically superior French forces in this important battle in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Antietam [1862] [aussi : bataille de Sharpsburg] | Battle of Antietam [1862] [also: Battle of Sharpsburg] [Union victory] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} du pont d'Arcole [1796] | Battle of Arcole [1796] [French army victory over Austrian army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Assandun [1016] | Battle of Assandun [1016] [also: Battle of Essendune] [Danish victory concluding their conquest of England] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Auerstaedt [1806] | Battle of Auerstedt [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Austerlitz [1805] | Battle of Austerlitz [1805] [also: Battle of the Three Emperors] [Napoleon defeated the larger combined Russian/Austrian Armies, bringing the War of the 3rd Coalition to an end] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Ayacucho [1824] | Battle of Ayacucho [1824] [secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Bailén [1808] [aussi : bataille de Baylen] | Battle of Bailén [1808] [the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army - by the Spanish Army of Andalusia] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Balaklava [1854] | Battle of Balaclava [1854] [part of the Crimean War, with the Allies successfully but not decisively defeating the Russians] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bannockburn [1314] [écrasante victoire de l'armée écossaise sur les troupes anglaises] | Battle of Bannockburn [1314] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bassano [1796] | Battle of Bassano [1796] [French army victory over Austrian army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bénévent [275 av. J.-C.] [aussi : bataille de Beneventum] | Battle of Beneventum [275 BC] [victory of Roman Republic over Pyrrhus] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bibracte [58 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Bibracte [58 BC] [Roman army defeated the Helvetii] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Moskova [1812] [aussi : bataille de la Moskowa ou bataille de Borodino] | Battle of Borodino [1812] [2nd major battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory] | |
| hist. mil. Bataille {f} de Bouvines [1214] | Battle of Bouvines [the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214.A French army under King Philip Augustus defeated an Allied army under Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Brouwershaven [1426] | Battle of Brouwershaven [in 1426, was part of the (1345-1490) wars over control of the Low Countries and resulted in victory for the Duke of Burgundy against mainly English forces] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Buçaco [1810] | Battle of Buçaco [1810] [also: Battle of Bussaco] [major battle in the Portuguese mountains, which resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Cannes [216 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Cannae [216 BC] [Hannibal's Carthaginian army heavily defeated the Roman army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Unverified bataille {f} de Tchaldiran [1514] | Battle of Chaldiran [1514] [decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire over the Safavid Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Chancellorsville [1863] | Battle of Chancellorsville [1863] [Confederate victory] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Tchesmé [1770] | Battle of Chesme [first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Chickamauga [1863] | Battle of Chickamauga [1863] [Confederate victory] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Civetot [1096] | Battle of Civetot [1096] [Seljuk Turks of Anatolia defeated the forces of the People's Crusade] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de La Corogne [1809] | Battle of Corunna [also: Battle of Elviña] [early in the Peninsular War, the French Army humiliated the British Army and forced it to evacuate by sea] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Crécy [1346] | Battle of Crécy [1346, important battle in 100 years' war. French army commanded by King Philip VI was defeated by an English army led by King Edward III ] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Culloden [Écosse ; 1746] [fin des rébellions jacobites] | Battle of Culloden [1746] | |
| hist. mil. naut. Unverified bataille {f} de Djerba [1560] | Battle of Djerba [1560] [naval victory of Ottomans against Christian Alliance fleet] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille d'Edington {noun} [878] | Battle of Edington [878] [also: Battle of Ethandun] [Saxon army under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Fredericksburg [1862] | Battle of Fredericksburg [1862] [Confederate victory] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Friedland [1807] | Battle of Friedland [1807] [Napoleon and the French Army won a decisive victory, routing much of the Russian army. The battlefield was in East Prussia, today Kaliningrad Oblast, Pravdinsk, Russia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Gaugamèles [331 av. J.-C.] [aussi : bataille d'Arbèles] | Battle of Gaugamela [331 BC] [Alexander the Great defeated King Darius III] [also: Battle of Arbela] | |