bâti

See also bati, batí, batı, bati-, and Batı

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ba.ti/
• Homophones: bâtie, bâties, bâtis

Verb

bâti m (feminine bâtie, masculine plural bâtis, feminine plural bâties)

1. Past participle of bâtir

Noun

bâti m (plural bâtis)

1. fixed part of a mechanism or machine, usually linked to the ground; body.

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French bastir (“to build, make, sew”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *bastjanan (“to bind with a thread, lace”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bhas-, *bhasḱ-, *bhask- (“to bind, bundle”).

Verb

bâti (gerund bâtithie)

1. to build

Synonyms

• construithe

Antonyms

• dêmoli (“to demolish”)

Derived terms

• r'bâti (“to rebuild”)