bâton

See also: baton, Baton, and batön

English

Noun

bâton (plural bâtons)

Alternative form of baton

Anagrams

Botan, tabon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French baston, probably from a Vulgar Latin bastōnem, itself a modification of Late Latin bastum, or possibly noun use of the verb *bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō). Compare Italian bastone.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.tɔ̃/, /bɑ.tɔ̃/
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Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

bâton m (plural bâtons)

stick
(heraldry) baton (as a charge)

Derived terms

Descendants

Descendants

→ Crimean Tatar: baton
→ English: baton
→ Norwegian Bokmål: batong
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: batong
→ Polish: baton
→ Portuguese: batom
→ Russian: батон (baton)
→ Swedish: batong, ⇒ batongbröd
→ Vietnamese: ba toong

Further reading

“bâton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

nabot

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