bâton

See also: baton, Baton, and batön

English

Noun

bâton (plural bâtons)

1. Alternative form of baton

Anagrams

• Botan, tabon

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French baston, probably from a Vulgar Latin bastōnem, 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:

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

bâton m (plural bâtons)

1. stick
2. (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