bâtonnet
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French bastonet. By surface analysis, bâton + -et.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bâtonnet m (plural bâtonnets)
- small stick
- des bâtonnets de poisson ― fish finger
- batonnet (piece of vegetable cut into the shape of a small stick)
- rod cell (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels)
Descendants edit
- → English: batonnet
Further reading edit
- “bâtonnet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.