Usage Note
Bataille is used for both historical military battles and figurative struggles (une bataille juridique — a legal battle). The card game bataille is the French equivalent of 'war'. The verb se battre means 'to fight'. Champ de bataille ('battlefield') is common in both literal and figurative contexts.
Examples
"Ils ont gagné la bataille."
Natural Translation
They won the battle.
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