Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "battle royal" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF BATTLE ROYAL

battle royal play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BATTLE ROYAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Battle royal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BATTLE ROYAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Battle royal

Battle royal traditionally refers to a fight involving three or more combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing. In recent times, the term has been used in a more general sense to refer to any fight involving large numbers of people that are not organized into factions. Within combat sports, the term has a specific meaning, depending on the sports being discussed.

Definition of battle royal in the English dictionary

The definition of battle royal in the dictionary is a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee. Other definition of battle royal is a long violent argument.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BATTLE ROYAL

battle array
battle cruiser
battle cry
battle dress
battle fatigue
battle group
battle hardened
battle line
Battle of Britain
Battle of Clontarf
Battle of Omdurman
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of the Bulge
battle of wills
battle of wits
battle order
battle plane
battle zone
battle-axe
battle-axe block

WORDS THAT END LIKE BATTLE ROYAL

Annapolis Royal
antiroyal
Astronomer Royal
disloyal
loyal
mock pennyroyal
nonloyal
nonroyal
pair royal
pennyroyal
Port Royal
prince royal
princess royal
rhyme royal
royal
small royal
surroyal
unroyal

Synonyms and antonyms of battle royal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «battle royal» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF BATTLE ROYAL

Find out the translation of battle royal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of battle royal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «battle royal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

混战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

battle royal
570 millions of speakers

English

battle royal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लड़ाई शाही
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

معركة الملكي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сражение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

batalha real
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাজসিক সৈন্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bataille en règle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertempuran kerajaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Battle Royal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大乱戦
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전투 왕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perang kraton
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trận chiến hoàng gia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போர் ராயல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लढाई राजेशाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Savaş kraliyet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Battle Royal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

battle royal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

luptă regal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βασιλική μάχη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stryd koninklike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slaget kunglig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Battle Royal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of battle royal

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BATTLE ROYAL»

The term «battle royal» is regularly used and occupies the 70.101 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
67
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «battle royal» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of battle royal
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «battle royal».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BATTLE ROYAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «battle royal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «battle royal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about battle royal

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BATTLE ROYAL»

Discover the use of battle royal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to battle royal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Battle Royale: The Novel
Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced ...
Koushun Takami, 2009
2
OZ #14: Battle Royal:
Stuart Kerr, Ralph Griffith. FIRST ISSUE! KILLEROF _ 'lWETIIIRIIJ. AT THE MOST INFAMOIB pm. \ \ by Don Lomax ALL TIME! ' _ CLAYTON ' DDWS Stuart KERR Bull BRYAN Col. Peter J. Stewart — MIA since 3/15/66 What you can do — ace ...
Stuart Kerr, Ralph Griffith, 2014
3
The Rites of Identity: The Religious Naturalism and Cultural ...
The white establish- ment that provides the novel's unnamed narrator with his scholarship to college early in the story scapegoats the young man in an initiation rite—the Battle Royal scene near the opening of the novel. The Battle Royal ...
Beth Eddy, 2009
4
A Battle Royal in the Sky: The Life and Death of Wrestling's ...
Told from a true fan's perspective with superstar career highlights and lowlights, this book also features quotes from some icons in the wrestling business including "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka and Nikolai Volkoff, matched with funny and factual ...
John Chattman, Rich Tarantino, 2012
5
Invisible Man
The book is a passionate and witty tour de force of style, strongly influenced by T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, Joyce, and Dostoevsky. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Ralph Ellison, 2010
6
Learning for a Diverse World: Using Critical Theory to Read ...
"The Battle Royal," the first chapter of Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man (1952), provides another excellent example of how theories can overlap, how one theory can be used "in service" of another theory. For in reading "The Battle Royal" we ...
Lois Tyson, 2001
7
Ralph Ellison and the American Pursuit of Humanism
Chapter 1: Ellison's “Battle Royal”: An Allegory of Modernism's Negro Problem? In interviews after the publication of Invisible Man in 1952, Ralph Ellison attested to the historical reality of the Southern smoker on which he based his famous ...
Richard Errol Purcell, 2008
8
Ulysses in Black: Ralph Ellison, Classicism, and African ...
Concerning the battle royal episode, Ellison stated that he was interested in symbolizing lived experience through ritual and myth (Ellison 1986a). As we have seen, the battle royal was for Ellison “a rite which could be used to project certain ...
Patrice D. Rankine, 2008
9
Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cold War
"Battle Royal's" most immediate accomplishment was the rhetorical innovation of addressing its midcentury audience from the vantage point of a black memoirist whose intensely personal account of the preceding two decades of Depression ...
Lary May, 1989
10
Displays of Power: Controversy in the American Museum from ...
Harwit's first title was From Guernica to Hiroshima — Bombing in World War II, addressing the progressive escalation of bombing of civilian populations from 1937 to 1945. FIG. 1 6. Commander Paul W. Tibbetts, Jr., and the 186 Battle Royal: ...
‎1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BATTLE ROYAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term battle royal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
All aboard Japan's crazy pro wrestling and electronic dance music …
I've got no idea how I should go at my opponent,” before the battle royal began. Still, as the video shows, she and the other wrestlers put on a ... «RocketNews24, Jul 15»
2
Ireland's 'Golden Girl' reigns supreme on the banks of the Caspian Sea
Taylor conceded later that she was still feeling the effects of her 'battle royal' with Alekseevna. "I felt like she (Mossely) was causing me a small ... «WBAN, Jul 15»
3
Notes And Results From Paragon Pro Wrestling's National TV Show …
Caleb Conley won a battle royal to become number one contender to the PPW Title. * Darin Corbin defeated Crash Test Cody via pinfall. «Wrestling Inc., Jul 15»
4
7/4 Paragon Pro Wrestling TV review: Jessy Sorensen vs. Joe …
Battle Royal for a PPW Title shot. Eleven minutes into the show, the opening match began. Tyshaun Prince jaw-jacked and tried to intimidate ... «ProWrestling.net, Jul 15»
5
Cesaro, Dean Ambrose and Latest WWE News and Rumors from …
The veteran won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and received a massive reaction from the crowd, yet the creative team decided to ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
6
WIMBLEDON TENNIS 2015 UPSETS AND UPDATES AND …
She put up a battle royal to break Kvitova with three set points. Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in action against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia ... «10sBalls, Jul 15»
7
Battle royal BBQ cook-off
The Hobo Cook-off has taken over the Texas State Railroad Campgrounds in Rusk. Thirty teams from all over Texas are duking it out for a shot ... «Tyler Morning Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
TV won digital wars without firing a shot: Author
Yet network and cable programming remains hugely popular with viewers, suggesting the battle royal between digital media and broadcast ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
9
Rugby World Cup on show as First World War match is replayed
It was a "battle royal" between the forwards "resembling a cup-tie struggle" which Barum won 12-0 with tries by Piper and Harris, the latter ... «North Devon Journal, Jul 15»
10
Battle royal!
Kemar Harris (left) of Daniel Town gets away from Rio Bueno FC's Kemar Hylton in their Trelawny FA National Rums Division One semifinal ... «Jamaica Observer, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Battle royal [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/battle-royal>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z