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champ de bataille

French, noun/ʃɑ̃ d(ə) ba.taj/

champ de bataille is a French masculine noun meaning “battlefield” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lieu d’un combat militaire”.

What does champ de bataille mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebattlefield

  2. 2

    masculinea messy place, a bloody mess, a war zone, a disaster area (an area with a significant display of disarray)

    Cette chambre est un vrai champ de bataille.

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lieu d’un combat militaire. 2. Lieu d’un débat, d’une dispute, d’un conflit. 3. Lieu d’une entreprise.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of champ de bataille

  • champs de bataille plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce champ de bataille?

  • /ʃɑ̃ d(ə) ba.taj/
  • /ʃɑ̃ d(ə) ba.tɑj/
  • \ʃɑ̃ də ba.taj\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to champ de bataille

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.