bâti

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bati"

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ti/, /bɑ.ti/

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• Homophones: bâtie, bâties, bâtis
• Rhymes: -i

Participle

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

1. past participle of bâtir

Noun

bâti m (plural bâtis)

1. (carpentry) frame
   1. (in particular) door frame
2. (construction) assembly
3. (sewing) basting, tacking

Further reading

• “bâti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French bastir (“to build, make; to sew”), from Medieval Latin bastiō (“to build, construct; to weave, sew”), borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).

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Verb

bâti (gerund bâtithie)

1. (Jersey) to build

Synonyms

• construithe

Antonyms

• dêmoli (“to demolish”)

Derived terms

• r'bâti (“to rebuild”)