battery

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US /ˈbæt.əɹi/ UK /ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/ See IPA manual

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1

noun
A device that stores power and is used to run electrical things.

My phone needs a new battery because it dies so quickly.
2

noun
The amount of stored power left in such a device.

Her phone didn't have enough battery for another call.
3

noun
A large set of similar things used together.

The patients had to take a whole battery of tests.
4

noun
The crime of physically attacking or hitting another person.

He was charged with assault and battery after the fight.

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Forms batteries

Derived forms antibatterybatteriedbatteries-includedbattery-backedbattery-electricbattery-includedbattery-operatedbattery-poweredbatterylessbatterylikecounter-batterycross-battery

Related forms accumulator assault

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“beat”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y. The electrical sense was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.

batterie Middle French baterie Old French battuō Latin

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# battery

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbæt.əɹi/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbæt.(ə)ɹi/
**Frequency rank:** 3993

## Meanings
1. A device that stores power and is used to run electrical things.
2. The amount of stored power left in such a device.
3. A large set of similar things used together.
4. The crime of physically attacking or hitting another person.

## Examples
- My phone needs a new battery because it dies so quickly.
- Her phone didn't have enough battery for another call.
- The patients had to take a whole battery of tests.
- He was charged with assault and battery after the fight.

## Derived Forms
- antibattery
- batteried
- batteries-included
- battery-backed
- battery-electric
- battery-included
- battery-operated
- battery-powered
- batteryless
- batterylike
- counter-battery
- cross-battery

## Related Forms
- accumulator
- assault

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: batterie
- Root: baterie
- Root: battuō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“beat”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y. The electrical sense was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.

## AI Etymology
Battery was borrowed from Middle French batterie, from Old French baterie (“action of beating”), from batre (“beat”), from Latin battuō (“beat”), from Gaulish. Doublet of batterie. By surface analysis, batter + -y. The electrical sense was coined by American polymath Benjamin Franklin by analogy with a military battery that his series of Leyden jars resembled.

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- Numbers & Quantity

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