Meaning
battalion
- large group of people
In a sentence
Il battaglione è arrivato ieri sera in città.
The battalion arrived in the city last night.
Quanta gente c'era? Un battaglione di amici!
How many people were there? A whole battalion of friends!
Non ho visto nessun battaglione alla parata.
I didn't see any battalion at the parade.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| battaglione | masculine · singular |
| battaglioni | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use battaglione for a military unit; for a generic large crowd, prefer folla, massa, or gruppo in everyday speech.
- The figurative sense for many people is literary or emphatic, not common casual conversation.
- It is masculine: il battaglione, i battaglioni. Don't confuse it with compagnia or reggimento, which are different military units.