bateau
See also: bâteau
English
Alternative forms
- batteau
Etymology
Borrowed from French bateau.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæˈtoʊ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -oʊ
Noun
bateau (plural bateaux)
- A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
Derived terms
- bateau bridge
- bateau neckline
Translations
type of boat
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French
Etymology
From Old French batel, Anglo-Norman bat, from Old English bāt (English boat) + suffix from Latin -ellus. It displaced the native word nef, which comes from Latin navis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.to/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -o
Noun
bateau m (plural bateaux)
- boat
- Synonym: barque
- ship
- Synonym: navire
Derived terms
- bateau à vapeur
- bateau de plaisance
- bateau-mouche
- bateau pilote
- être dans le même bateau
- mener en bateau
Further reading
- “bateau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.