Swedish noun· top 5,000 most common

ett batteri

battery, rhythm section, drums

Meaning

battery; rhythm section; drums

In Swedish: uppsättning

Forms

Forms of batteri
Singular, indefiniteett batteri
Singular, definitebatteriet
Plural, indefinitebatterier
Plural, definitebatterierna

batteri is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort batteri, det stora batteriet. Check another noun

Practise batteri

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Is it en batteri or ett batteri?

batteri in a sentence

  • ett batteri av åtgärder
    a whole battery of measures
  • ladda ett batteri
    charge a battery
  • Telefonen saknar batteri.
    The telephone lacks charge.

Words built with batteri

  • bilbatteri car battery

Questions

What does batteri mean in English?

batteri means “battery, rhythm section”.

Is it en batteri or ett batteri?

It is ett batteri, and “the battery” is batteriet.

What is the plural of batteri?

The plural of batteri is batterier, and the definite plural is batterierna.

Origin

From French batterie.

Nearby common words

batteri is number 2,569 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 2,566beundra admire
  • 2,567datum date
  • 2,568bryt slang translation of the English noun break, based on the verb bryta, corresponding to various Swedish nouns ending in -brott.
  • 2,570bibel bible
  • 2,571oftast in most cases
  • 2,572lukt smell, odour
  • 2,573cent cent; a subunit of currency
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary