battaglione
battalion
noun baht-tah-LYOH-neh Rare
Origin: From battaglia 'battle', via French bataillon
Usage Note
Battaglione is a masculine noun denoting a military unit of several hundred soldiers. Informally it is used hyperbolically to mean a large crowd: un battaglione di turisti ('a horde of tourists'). The plural is regular: i battaglioni.
Examples
"Il battaglione avanzò di notte."
Natural Translation
The battalion advanced at night.
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