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battery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

[ˈbæɾə.ɹi] (US)
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/ˈbæt.əɹi/ (US)
/ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/ (UK)
/ˈbæt͡ʃɹi/ (UK) except sense 3
/ˈbaʈ.(ə)ri/ (South-Asia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“beat”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y. The electrical sense was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.

Meanings

(countable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells.
- His car takes a 550-CCA lead-acid battery.
- sodium-ion battery
- lead-acid battery
- His flashlight takes two AA batteries.
- alkaline battery
- For GMRS [General Mobile Radio Service], rechargeable packs alone do not provide the flexibility that user replaceable batteries can. For instance, once the pack is discharged, it must be placed in the charger and recharged, which can take from one to several hours, leaving you unable to use your radio until the pack is recharged unless you have purchased an extra pack. Extra battery packs are bulky and pricey. With radios using replaceable AA and AAA batteries, you never have to worry about recharging or buying extra packs. You can carry charged replacement batteries in your pocket, purse, or bag, and in an emergency you can even go to a store and buy some alkaline batteries so you can be up and running again. 2010, Phillip J. Boucher, The Complete Guide to Canada's General Mobile Radio Service, Phillip J. Boucher, →ISBN, page 42:
(countable, qualifier:strictly, uncountable) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of one or more electrically connected electrochemical cells or (archaically) electrostatic cells. ▸ Such a device that has multiple cells.
- 1749 Benjamin Franklin, letter to Peter Collinson Upon this We made what we call’d an Electrical Battery, consisting of eleven Panes of large Sash Glass, arm’d with thin leaden Plates, pasted on each Side... A Turky is to be killed for our Dinners by the Electrical Shock; and roasted by the electrical Jack, before a Fire kindled by the Electrified Bottle; when the Healths of all the Famous Electricians in England, France and Germany, are to be drank in Electrified Bumpers, under the Discharge of Guns from the Electrical Battery.
- [The voltage of a single cell is] too low for most applications [... so] a series of cells will be used to obtain the desired voltage – a "battery" of cells, in the strictest sense of the term. 2012, Christian Glaize, Sylvie Genies, Lead and Nickel Electrochemical Batteries, page 6:
- Her phone needs a new battery because its present battery no longer holds a charge well.
- [For his experiments with electricity,] Benjamin Franklin utilized Leyden jars and referred to several jars hooked together as a battery (after a "battery" of cannon). 2012, John Karsnitz et al., Engineering Design: An Introduction, page 364:
(informal, metonymically, uncountable) The energy stored in such a device.
- Her phone did not have enough battery for another phone call.
- A: How much battery do you have left? B: Only 63%.
(countable, uncountable) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which involves the threat of impending violence.
- An order asserted itself, and the hoods on the furnaces were oped wide, and a final march was organized. The wails of the injured and the roars of the dead-on-the-march overwhelmed the tinny speakers in the cell, and they all watched as nearly one thousand people reduced themselves to a few frantic hundred in less than an hour, then settled into a sustained orgy of battery, rapine and rape with no end in sight but the total depopulation of the entire facility. 2024 September 28, Harry Blank, “Not Ready for Prime Time”, in Deadlined, →ISBN, page 604:
- Holonym: assault and battery
- […] A battery is the actual infliction of unlawful personal violence. […] [The defendant] fell to the ground and lashed out with his feet and in doing so kicked the hand of one of the police officers, fracturing a bone. He was charged with assault […] although this was a battery. 2003, Mike Molan, Modern Criminal Law, 5th edition, 7.2.2-3, pages 221–222:
- He offered three types of battery for which Mr. Trump might be liable under New York law: rape, sexual abuse and forcible touching. 2023 May 9, Lola Fadulu, “New York law gave jurors three types of battery to consider in the Trump case.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
(collective, countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns.
- Outside the ancient fort, you can still see worn areas in the stone where the batteries were once placed.
(collective, countable, uncountable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons, with any of various numbers of guns. ▸ Such a group of a certain size (number of guns and artillerists), within a schema of military unit organization.
- They sent four batteries southward in an attempt to shore up the defenses around the depot.
- the marines had six 8-inch howitzers, eight 4.2-inch mortars, and three 105-mm howitzer batteries, each with six pieces. 2005, Barry Leonard, Field Artillery in Military Operations Other Than War, page 20:
(archaic, countable, historical, uncountable) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.
- such forts being so contrived as to have two or three batteries, one higher than the other, furnished with many cannon. 1780, John Robertson et al., The Elements of Navigation, page 53:
- On this wharf [Tower Bridge wharf] there is a long and beautiful platform, on which are planted 61 pieces of cannon [...] Devil's Battery, where is also a platform, on which are mounted seven pieces of cannon, although on the battery itself there are only five. 1766, John Entick, A New and Accurate History and Survey of London, page 337:
- His grand battery was as badly provided with cannon as his little battery, for not a single gun was mounted on either. 1776, Charles Carroll, Brantz Mayer, Journal of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, page 97:
- The construction of advanced batteries mirrored that of those built along the line of circumvallation. [...] Although Mahan demanded that batteries be constructed to exacting dimensions and revetted with gabions, fascines, and sandbags, at Vicksburg the resources at hand determined what materials soldiers used to build what they termed artillery "forts". 2015, Justin S. Solonick, Engineering Victory: The Union Siege of Vicksburg, pages 142–143:
(countable, uncountable) An array of similar things.
- Schoolchildren take a battery of standard tests to measure their progress.
(countable, uncountable) A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
- ‘Do you know how battery chickens live?’ 2000, Zadie Smith, White Teeth, London: Penguin Books, published 2001, →ISBN, page 403:
(countable, uncountable) The catcher and the pitcher together
(countable, uncountable) Two or more pieces working together on the same rank, file, or diagonal
(countable, uncountable) A marching percussion ensemble; the section of the drumline that marches on the field during a performance.
(collective, countable, uncountable) A group of barracuda.
(countable, uncountable) The state of a firearm or cannon when it is possible to be fired.
- In this circumstance, you will have to rack the slide to get back in battery.
- out of battery
- in battery
(archaic, countable, uncountable) Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
batteries	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (311)

nan-hbl 電池 /电池 (device storing electricity) · vi bình điện (device storing electricity) · de Akku (device storing electricity) · hu csirkefarm (set of cages for hens) · za yuzdendungz (device storing electricity) · mn ᠵᠠᠢ (device storing electricity) · fr batterie (device storing electricity) · tg батарея (device storing electricity) · hu tettlegesség (legal: act of unlawful violence) · et akumulaator (device storing electricity) · mn ᠪᠠᠲ᠋ᠠᠷᠧᠢ (device storing electricity) · fi akku (rechargeable) (device storing electricity) · da legemskrænkelse (legal: act of unlawful violence) · sk batéria (device storing electricity) · ru батаре́я (chess: two or more major pieces in a row) · ru аккумуля́тор (device storing electricity) · cs baterie (set of cages for hens) · da batteri (device storing electricity) · cs baterie (device storing electricity) · vi pin (device storing electricity) · ja 電池 (device storing electricity) · oc batariá (device storing electricity) · ru батаре́йка (device storing electricity) · my ဓာတ်ခဲ (device storing electricity) · sl baterija (coordinated group of artillery) · da batteri (coordinated group of artillery) · ro pilă electrică (device storing electricity) · cmn 砲兵連 /炮兵连 (coordinated group of artillery) · ps بطريه (device storing electricity) · oc pila (device storing electricity) · sw betri (device storing electricity) · ru оскорбле́ние де́йствием (legal: act of unlawful violence) · cs baterka (device storing electricity) · hi बैटरी (device storing electricity) · be батарэ́я (device storing electricity) · he סִדְרָה (array of similar things) · eo akumulatoro (device storing electricity) · yi באַטאַרייע (device storing electricity) · af battery akkumlator (device storing electricity) · ko 구타 (legal: act of unlawful violence) · ca pila (device storing electricity) · nl legbatterij (set of cages for hens) · lo ຫມໍ້ໄຟ (device storing electricity) · ms bateri (device storing electricity) · hu csirkegyár (set of cages for hens) · he גֻּנְדָה (coordinated group of artillery) · crh batareya (device storing electricity) · fo battarí (device storing electricity) · ur سیل (device storing electricity) · gv kishtey pooar (device storing electricity) · ja バッテリー (device storing electricity) · km ថ្ម (device storing electricity) · fi ketju (chess: two or more major pieces in a row) · cmn 毆打 /殴打 (legal: act of unlawful violence) · hu elem (device storing electricity) · fi pahoinpitely (legal: act of unlawful violence) · bo སྦི་ཅི་ལིའི་སྨན (device storing electricity) · pt bateria (coordinated group of artillery) · fa-ira پیل (device storing electricity) · be батарэ́я (coordinated group of artillery) · kk батарея (device storing electricity) · rad pil (device storing electricity) · aii ܒܲܛܵܪܝܼܬܵܐ (device storing electricity) · fi patteri (baseball: catcher and pitcher together) · ps بېټرۍ (device storing electricity) · pl bateria (array of similar things) · ka აკუმულატორი (device storing electricity) · ur بَیٹْری (device storing electricity) · nn batteri (device storing electricity) · vi bộ dụng cụ (array of similar things) · cmn 一系列 (array of similar things) · he סוֹלְלָה (historical: elevated platform for cannon) · tl baterya (device storing electricity) · id aki (device storing electricity) · gd bataraidh (device storing electricity) · lo ໝໍ້ໄຟ (device storing electricity) · id baterai (coordinated group of artillery) · cmn 雞籠 /鸡笼 (set of cages for hens) · hy ակումուլյատոր (device storing electricity) · sh ба̀те̄рија (device storing electricity) · mk акумула́тор (device storing electricity) · gl batería (device storing electricity) · hu bántalmazás (legal: act of unlawful violence) · mk батерија (device storing electricity) · gd bataraidh (set of cages for hens) · hu csomag (array of similar things) · be акумуля́тар (device storing electricity) · fa-ira ضَرْب و جَرْح (legal: act of unlawful violence) · cmn 一組 /一组 (array of similar things) · arz حجر قلم (device storing electricity) · ka ელემენტი (device storing electricity) · az batareya (device storing electricity) · fr batterie (set of cages for hens) · uz batareya (device storing electricity) · th แบตเตอรี่ (device storing electricity) · nb legemsbeskadigelse (legal: act of unlawful violence) · nv chidí bijéí (device storing electricity) · jv baterei (device storing electricity) · th ถ่านไฟฉาย (device storing electricity) · bg акумула́тор (device storing electricity) · sv misshandel (legal: act of unlawful violence) · tl baterya (coordinated group of artillery) · mn зай (device storing electricity) · ar بَطَّارِيَّة (device storing electricity) · fa-ira ضَرْب و شَتْم (legal: act of unlawful violence) · fa-ira باطْری (device storing electricity) · rue батері́я (device storing electricity) · mi tunuhuruhuru (legal: act of unlawful violence) · rif taẓrut (device storing electricity) · pt série (array of similar things) · kl batteri (device storing electricity) · uli denchi (device storing electricity) · he סוֹלְלָה (device storing electricity) · hu baromfiketrec (set of cages for hens) · mk батерија (coordinated group of artillery) · ga cadhnra (device storing electricity) · fi sarja (array of similar things) · hu sor (array of similar things) · cmn 籠 /笼 (set of cages for hens) · es agresión (legal: act of unlawful violence) · crh batareya (coordinated group of artillery) · uk батаре́йка (device storing electricity) · kmr pîl (device storing electricity) · eu pila (device storing electricity) · eo baterio (coordinated group of artillery) · kmr batarya (device storing electricity) · nb batteri (device storing electricity) · sc pila (device storing electricity) · lt akumuliatorius (device storing electricity) · es lesiones (legal: act of unlawful violence) · sv batteri (device storing electricity) · mn аккумулятор (device storing electricity) · fr batterie (coordinated group of artillery) · apw bizig (device storing electricity) · es pila (device storing electricity) · cmn 電池 /电池 (device storing electricity) · pt pilha (device storing electricity) · cmn 蓄意傷害 /蓄意伤害 (legal: act of unlawful violence) · hak 電池 /电池 (device storing electricity) · nrf batt'tie (device storing electricity) · ko 배터리 (device storing electricity) · nrf batt'tie (array of similar things) · my ဓာတ်အိုး (device storing electricity) · fa-ira باتْری (device storing electricity) · ta பேட்டரி (device storing electricity) · fo likamságangur (legal: act of unlawful violence) · sk batéria (coordinated group of artillery) · lo ຖ່ານໄຟ (device storing electricity) · za denciz (device storing electricity) · pt lesão corporal (legal: act of unlawful violence) · ca bateria (device storing electricity) · pl akumulator (rechargeable) (device storing electricity) · hi आक्रमण (legal: act of unlawful violence) · ar ضَرْب (legal: act of unlawful violence) · mrw batiriya (device storing electricity) · bg побо́й (legal: act of unlawful violence) · is rafhlaða (device storing electricity) · mn ᠠᠻᠻᠦᠮᠦᠯᠢᠶᠠᠲ᠋ᠣᠷ (device storing electricity) · arz بطارية (device storing electricity) · mi pūhiko (device storing electricity) · es golpes (legal: act of unlawful violence) · tg аккумулятор (device storing electricity) · sl bateríja (device storing electricity) · wuu 電池 /电池 (device storing electricity) · vi ẩu đả (legal: act of unlawful violence) · fi häkkikanala (set of cages for hens) · hu akkumulátor (device storing electricity) · hu sorozat (array of similar things) · fi patteri (historical: elevated platform for cannon) · ru избие́ние (legal: act of unlawful violence) · is rafgeymir (device storing electricity) · bo གློག་རྫས (device storing electricity) · el πυροβολαρχία (coordinated group of artillery) · ru побо́и (legal: act of unlawful violence) · sk baterka (device storing electricity) · he בָּטֶרִיָּה (device storing electricity) · el μπαταρία (device storing electricity) · fi syöttäjä ja sieppari (baseball: catcher and pitcher together) · uk батарея (coordinated group of artillery) · az akkumulyator (device storing electricity) · ky аккумулятор (device storing electricity) · it batteria (coordinated group of artillery) · nl batterij (coordinated group of artillery) · he סוֹלְלָה (coordinated group of artillery) · yue 電池 /电池 (device storing electricity) · ky батарея (device storing electricity) · de Batterie (device storing electricity) · eo pilo (device storing electricity) · tr folluk (set of cages for hens) · it batteria (device storing electricity) · cs fyzické napadení (legal: act of unlawful violence) · be батарэ́йка (device storing electricity) · fo ravløða (device storing electricity) · it batteria (array of similar things) · pl bateria (non-rechargeable) (device storing electricity) · is líkamsmeiðingar (legal: act of unlawful violence) · gl pila (device storing electricity) · fi tykistöpatteri (coordinated group of artillery) · pt bateria (device storing electricity) · he סוֹלְלָה (set of cages for hens) · da legemsbeskadigelse (legal: act of unlawful violence) · ps بتۍ (device storing electricity) · sv batteri (coordinated group of artillery) · tr pil (device storing electricity) · si බැටරි (device storing electricity) · tr akü (device storing electricity) · mi pāteri (device storing electricity) · tl salansan (device storing electricity) · nn lekamskrenking (legal: act of unlawful violence) · am ባትሪ (device storing electricity) · ka ბატარეა (coordinated group of artillery) · fr coups et blessures (legal: act of unlawful violence) · id baterai (device storing electricity) · de Legebatterie (set of cages for hens) · jv baterai (device storing electricity) · ar اِعْتِدَاء (legal: act of unlawful violence) · pdt Batrie (device storing electricity) · sh bàtērija (device storing electricity) · gv battree (coordinated group of artillery) · ru батаре́я (coordinated group of artillery) · mn батарей (device storing electricity) · tt батарея (device storing electricity) · uk акумуля́тор (device storing electricity) · nl batterij (device storing electricity) · hi सेल (device storing electricity) · ta மின்கலம் (device storing electricity) · uz akkumulyator (device storing electricity) · hy ծեծ (legal: act of unlawful violence) · es batería (baseball: catcher and pitcher together) · cmn 一組 /一组 (array of similar things) · nrf batt'tie (coordinated group of artillery) · io baterio (coordinated group of artillery) · fr batterie (array of similar things) · cy batri (device storing electricity) · it percosse (legal: act of unlawful violence) · fi paristo (non-rechargeable) (device storing electricity) · de (Artillerie) Batterie (coordinated group of artillery) · cmn 一群 (array of similar things) · jv bateré (device storing electricity) · fi ampumavalmius (state of a firearm) · my ဘက်ထရီ (device storing electricity) · io baterio (device storing electricity) · hu üteg (coordinated group of artillery) · uk батаре́я (device storing electricity) · ka ბატარეა (device storing electricity) · ug باتارىيە (device storing electricity) · tk akkumulýator (device storing electricity) · sv vållande av kroppsskada (legal: act of unlawful violence) · ro baterie (coordinated group of artillery) · sah батарыайа (device storing electricity) · pl bateria (chess: two or more major pieces in a row) · pl bateria (coordinated group of artillery) · mi tūkino (legal: act of unlawful violence) · es batería (coordinated group of artillery) · ru батаре́я (device storing electricity) · ko 배터리 (baseball: catcher and pitcher together) · lv baterija (device storing electricity) · hy ուժահավաք (device storing electricity) · bn ব্যাটারি (device storing electricity) · nl fysieke mishandeling (legal: act of unlawful violence) · hi विद्युत कोष (device storing electricity) · lt baterija (device storing electricity) · lv akumulators (device storing electricity) · hu készlet (array of similar things) · ja バッテリー (baseball: catcher and pitcher together) · ja 殴打 (legal: act of unlawful violence) · de tätlicher Angriff (legal: act of unlawful violence) · sq bateri (device storing electricity) · kk аккумулятор (device storing electricity) · he הַכָּאָה (legal: act of unlawful violence) · is batterí (device storing electricity) · eo baterio (device storing electricity) · ms baterai (device storing electricity) · hu telep (device storing electricity) · km ពិល (device storing electricity) · tk batareýa (device storing electricity) · id baterai (array of similar things) · it serie (array of similar things) · fi patteri (device storing electricity) · cs baterie (coordinated group of artillery) · it pila (device storing electricity) · hy մարտկոց (device storing electricity) · ko 전지 (device storing electricity) · hy մարտկոց (coordinated group of artillery) · za denyouz (device storing electricity) · fi patteri (coordinated group of artillery) · et patarei (device storing electricity) · bo གློག་སྨན (device storing electricity) · bg батаре́я (coordinated group of artillery) · sc batería (device storing electricity) · cjy 電池 /电池 (device storing electricity) · cs sestava (array of similar things) · ht batri (device storing electricity) · ary باتري (device storing electricity) · id baterai (set of cages for hens) · nl batterij (array of similar things) · ht pil (device storing electricity) · es batería (device storing electricity) · da batteri (array of similar things) · fr pile (device storing electricity) · fi patteristo (coordinated group of artillery) · ti ባተሪ (device storing electricity) · ro baterie (device storing electricity) · hu testi sértés (legal: act of unlawful violence) · ps بېترۍ (device storing electricity) · fi joukko (array of similar things) · es batería (array of similar things) · de Körperverletzung (legal: act of unlawful violence) · vi khẩu đội pháo (coordinated group of artillery) · bg бате́рия (device storing electricity) · cmn 砲兵營 /炮兵营 (coordinated group of artillery)

wikidata: Q267298 · wikidata: Q11379 · wikidata: Q240313 · wikidata: Q56344492 · wikidata: Q56344492 · wikidata: Q267298

battery en · NOUN

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