béat
See also: beat, Beat, and béât
French
Etymology
From Middle French beate, from Latin beatus (“happy, blessed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be.a/
- Homophone: béats
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Adjective
béat (feminine béate, masculine plural béats, feminine plural béates)
- blissful
- in awe
Derived terms
- béatement
- béatifier
- béatique
- béatitude
Noun
béat m (plural béats, feminine béate)
- beatus
Further reading
- “béat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.