batre

See also: batré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin battere, from earlier battuere. Compare Occitan batre, French battre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈba.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈba.tɾe]
• Rhymes: -atɾe

Verb

batre (first-person singular present bato, first-person singular preterite batí, past participle batut)

1. (transitive) to beat
2. (transitive) to thresh
3. (transitive) to hammer, to pound
4. (transitive) to batter, beat up, to plunder
5. (transitive, intransitive, baseball) to bat
6. (intransitive) to beat
7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight

Conjugation

    Conjugation of batre (second conjugation)

infinitive			batre
gerund			batent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		batut		batuda
		plural		batuts		batudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bato	bats	bat	batem	bateu	baten
	imperfect	batia	baties	batia	batíem	batíeu	batien
	future	batré	batràs	batrà	batrem	batreu	batran
	preterite	batí	bateres	baté	batérem	batéreu	bateren
	conditional	batria	batries	batria	batríem	batríeu	batrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	bati	batis	bati	batem	bateu	batin
	imperfect	batés	batessis	batés	batéssim	batéssiu	batessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	bat	bati	batem	bateu	batin
	negative (no)	—	no batis	no bati	no batem	no bateu	no batin

Derived terms

• bat
• batedor
• batent
• baterell
• batre el rècord
• batuda
• batussa
• batut
• de bat a bat

 

Related terms

• batuta

Further reading

• “batre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “batre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

batre

1. Alternative form of bature

Etymology 2

Verb

batre

1. Alternative form of bateren

Occitan

Alternative forms

• bàter (Gascony)

Etymology

From Old Occitan batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

batre

1. to hit; to strike

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		batre			aver batut
gerund		batent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		batut			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	bati	bates	bat	batèm	batètz	baton
	imperfect	batiái	batiás	batiá	batiam	batiatz	batián
	preterite	batèri	batères	batèt	batèrem	batèretz	batèron
	future	batrai	batràs	batrà	batrem	batretz	batràn
	conditional	batriái	batriás	batriá	batriam	batriatz	batrián
	conditional 2nd form1	{{{49}}}	{{{50}}}	{{{51}}}	{{{52}}}	{{{53}}}	{{{54}}}
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	bata	batas	bata	batam	batatz	batan
	imperfect	batèsse	batèsses	batèsse	batèssem	batèssetz	batèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			bat		batam	batètz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old French

Etymology

From Latin battere, from earlier battuere.

Verb

batre

1. to beat; to hit; to strike

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of batre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		batre			avoir batu
gerund		en batant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		batant
past participle		batu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	bat	baz	bat	batons	batez	batent
	imperfect	batoie, bateie	batoies, bateies	batoit, bateit	batiiens, batiens	batiiez, batiez	batoient, bateient
	preterite	bati	batis	batié	batimes	batistes	batierent
	future	batrai	batras	batra	batrons	batroiz, batreiz, batrez	batront
	conditional	batroie, batreie	batroies, batreies	batroit, batreit	batriiens, batriens	batriiez, batriez	batroient, batreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	bate	bates	bate	batons	batez	batent
	imperfect	batisse	batisses	batist	batissons, batissiens	batissoiz, batissez, batissiez	batissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	bat	—	batons	batez	—

Derived terms

• abatre
• combatre
• esbatre

Descendants

• Middle French: battre
  • French: battre
• Norman: battre
• Walloon: bate
• Middle English: baten, bate, battyn, batyn
  • English: bat; bate
  • Scots: bat, batt
  • ⇒ Middle English: bateren, batre
    • English: batter
    • Scots: batter