bâton
See also: baton, Baton, and batön
English
Noun
bâton (plural bâtons)
- Alternative form of baton
Anagrams
- Botan, tabon
French
Etymology
From Old French baston, probably from a Vulgar Latin *bastō, bastōnis, 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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔ̃
Noun
bâton m (plural bâtons)
- stick
- (heraldry) baton (as a charge)
Derived terms
- à bâtons rompus
- bâton de rouge
- bâton de chaise
- bâtonner
- la carotte et le bâton
- mettre des bâtons dans les roues
- moyenne au bâton
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