bâtonnet

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French bastonet. By surface analysis, bâton +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.tɔ.nɛ/ ~ /bɑ.tɔ.nɛ/

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Noun

bâtonnet m (plural bâtonnets)

1. small stick

   des bâtonnets de poisson ― fish finger

2. batonnet (piece of vegetable cut into the shape of a small stick)
3. rod cell (any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels)

Descendants

• → English: batonnet

Further reading

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