Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

battel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables
bat-tel
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic spelling of battle.

Archaic

noun

A single combat.

British usage; Obsolete

adj

fertile; fruitful; productive

Obsolete

verb

To make fertile.

Transitive verb

verb

To supply with provisions from the buttery.

Obsolete

verb

To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.

Intransitive verb

noun

Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.

British usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.

British usage; Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: batel, bataille, battālia, battuō, -, *bʰedʰ-

Usage

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Questions

What does battel mean?
Archaic spelling of battle.
Where does battel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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