bateria

bateria

See also: batería, batéria, and baterią

Catalan

Etymology

From French batterie.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bə.təˈɾi.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ba.teˈɾi.a/

Noun

bateria f (plural bateries)

1. (military) battery
2. battery (power source)
3. drum
4. drum kit

bateria m or f (plural bateries)

1. drummer

Further reading

• “bateria” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bateria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “bateria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bateria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French batterie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: ba‧te‧ria

Noun

bateria f (diminutive bateryjka)

1. (electronics) battery (a device that produces electricity by a chemical reaction)

Noun

bateria f

1. (plumbing) tap, faucet (a device used to disperse water in a bathtub or sink)

   Synonym: kran

2. (military) artillery battery
3. (chess) battery (two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal)
4. battery, grouping, suit (a set of similar objects)

   Synonym: komplet

Declension

Declension of bateria

	singular	plural
nominative	bateria	baterie
genitive	baterii	baterii/bateryj (archaic)
dative	baterii	bateriom
accusative	baterię	baterie
instrumental	baterią	bateriami
locative	baterii	bateriach
vocative	baterio	baterie

Derived terms

adjectives

• bateriowy
• bateryjny
• bezbateryjny

 

noun

• bateria słoneczna

 

Further reading

• bateria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bateria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.teˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.teˈɾi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.teˈɾi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.tɨˈɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: ba‧te‧ri‧a

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French batterie.[1][2]

Noun

bateria f (plural baterias)

1. battery (group of electrochemical cells used to power electric devices)
2. (military) battery (coordinated group of artillery weapons)
3. (figurative) a series of coordinated actions

   Realizamos uma bateria de testes.

   We administered a battery of tests.

4. (music) drum kit; drum set; drums (collection of drums and other percussion instruments played as a unit)

   Synonym: (Brazil, colloquial) batera

Usage notes

A battery consisting of a single cell is generally called a pilha instead.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bateria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of bater

References

1. “bateria” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “bateria” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.