Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

battle royale

/ˌbætl̩ ɹɔɪˈæl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: bat-tle royale
IPA: /ˌbætl̩ ɹɔɪˈæl/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of battle royal.

noun

A video game genre centered around survival, exploration and scavenging, with last-man-standing gameplay.

Example Sentences

"Who’s going to occupy and fill that? That’s what we’re seeing with this battle royale, whether it’s Megyn Kelly or Ben Shapiro or Mark Levin or Candace Owens or Erika Kirk or whomever."
"Ian Bogost, a game designer, media professor and author of Play Anything, agrees: “There is no question in my mind that the eat-or-be-eaten, winner-take-all mentality of contemporary life is of a piece with the battle-royale genre,” he says."

Etymology

The video game usage derives from the 2000 film Battle Royale, which has a similar premise to the video game genre.

Inflected Forms

battles royale (plural) battle royales (plural) battle-royal (alternative) battle-royale (alternative) battle royal (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

deathmatch

Homonyms

battle royal

Questions

How do you pronounce battle royale?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbætl̩ ɹɔɪˈæl/.
What does battle royale mean?: Alternative form of battle royal.
Where does battle royale come from?: The video game usage derives from the 2000 film Battle Royale, which has a similar premise to the video game genre.

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