battlefield

See also: battle-field

English

Alternative forms

battle-field

Etymology

battle +‎ field

Noun

battlefield (plural battlefields)

The area where a land battle is or was fought, which is not necessarily a field.
- 1886, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant Chapter 35.
  The night of the 16th of May found McPherson's command bivouacked from two to six miles west of the battlefield, along the line of the road to Vicksburg
- 1939 September, John D. Hewitt, “The Kington Branch of the G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 191:
  Though in the past it saw much of the unhappiness and strife of Border warfare—the great battlefields of Pilleth and Mortimer's Cross are nearby—it is now a quiet and happy place.

Synonyms

battleground
field of battle

Derived terms

belemnite battlefield
hyperactive battlefield

Translations

field of a land battle

Albanian: log (sq) m, fushë betejë f
Arabic: سَاحَة حَرْب‎ f (sāḥat ḥarb), سَاحَة مَعْرَكَة‎ f (sāḥat maʿraka), مُعْتَرَك‎ m (muʿtarak), مُقْتَتَل‎ m (muqtatal)
Armenian: ռազմադաշտ (hy) (ṙazmadašt), մարտադաշտ (hy) (martadašt)
Belarusian: по́ле бо́ю n (pólje bóju), по́ле бі́твы n (pólje bítvy)
Bengali: ময়দান (bn) (môyôdan)
Bulgarian: бо́йно поле́ n (bójno polé), бои́ще n (boíšte) (dated or poetic), полесраже́ние (bg) n (polesražénie)
Burmese: စစ်တလင်း (my) (cacta.lang:), စစ်မြေပြင် (cacmre-prang)
Catalan: camp de batalla m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰場／战场 (zh) (zhànchǎng), 沙場／沙场 (zh) (shāchǎng)
Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
Czech: bojiště (cs) n
Danish: slagmark c
Dutch: slagveld (nl) n
Egyptian:

(prj)
Esperanto: batalejo
Estonian: lahinguväli
Finnish: taistelukenttä (fi), taistelutanner (fi)
French: champ de bataille (fr) m
Old French: champ m
German: Schlachtfeld (de) n
Greek: πεδίο μάχης (el) n (pedío máchis)
Gujarati: યુદ્ધક્ષેત્ર (yuddhakṣetra)
Hebrew: שְׂדֵה קְרָב‎ (he) m (s'de k'ráv)
Hindi: युद्धक्षेत्र m (yuddhakṣetra)
Hungarian: harcmező (hu), csatatér (hu)
Icelandic: vígvöllur m
Indonesian: medan tempur, medan perang (id)
Irish: ármhá f, blár catha m, fód catha m, machaire catha m
Italian: campo di battaglia m
Japanese: 戦場 (ja) (せんじょう, senjō)
Kannada: ಸಮರಂಗ (kn) (samaraṅga), ರಣರಂಗ (kn) (raṇaraṅga)
Kazakh: ұрыс алаңы (ūrys alañy)
Khmer: រឿណរង្គ (km) (rɨən rŭəng), សមរភូមិ (saʼmaʼraʼ phuum)
Korean: 전장(戰場) (ko) (jeonjang), 싸움터 (ko) (ssaumteo), 전장터 (jeonjangteo)
Lao: ສະໜາມລົບ (sa nām lop), ສນາມຣົບ (sa nām rop), ສມໍຣະພູມ (sa mǭ ra phūm)
Latvian: karalauks m
Lithuanian: mūšio laukas m
Luxembourgish: Schluechtfeld n
Macedonian: бојно поле n (bojno pole), боиште n (boište)
Malayalam: യുദ്ധക്കളം (ml) (yuddhakkaḷaṃ)
Maori: tahua riringa, tūmū, māra o te pakanga, kauhanga riri, parekura, pae o te pakanga, tūmū
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slagmark (no) m or f
Nynorsk: slagmark f
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: боище n (boište)
Old English: wælstōw f
Persian: میدان نبرد‎ (meydân-e nabard), میدان جنگ‎ (meydân-e jang)
Polish: pole bitwy (pl) n, pobojowisko (pl) n
Portuguese: campo de batalha m
Romanian: câmp de luptă n
Russian: по́ле бо́я n (póle bója), по́ле би́твы n (póle bítvy), по́ле бра́ни n (póle bráni)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бо̏јӣште n, бо̀јӣшница f, бојно поље n, по̏прӣште n
Roman: bȍjīšte (sh) n, bòjīšnica (sh) f, bojno polje n, pȍprīšte (sh) n
Shan: ပၢင်တိုၵ်း (pǎang túek)
Sinhalese: යුධ පිටිය (yudha piṭiya)
Slovak: bojisko n
Slovene: bojišče n
Spanish: campo de batalla m
Swedish: slagfält (sv) c, krigsfält c
Telugu: యుద్ధరంగము (te) (yuddharaṅgamu), రణరంగము (te) (raṇaraṅgamu)
Thai: สนามรบ (th) (sà-nǎam-róp)
Turkish: savaş meydanı, savaş alanı (tr)
Ukrainian: по́ле бо́ю n (póle bóju), по́ле би́тви n (póle býtvy), побо́їще n (pobójišče)
Urdu: مَیدان جَنگ‎ (maidān-e jang)
Vietnamese: chiến trường (vi) (戰場)
Welsh: cadlan f
Yiddish: שלאַכטפֿעלד‎ n (shlakhtfeld)