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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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