bâton

bâton (plural bâtons)

1. Alternative form of baton

• Botan, tabon

From Old French baston, probably from a Vulgar Latin *bastō, bastōnis, itself a modification of Late Latin bastum, or possibly noun use of the verb *bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō). Compare Italian bastone.

• IPA^(key): /bɑ.tɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

bâton m (plural bâtons)

1. stick
2. (heraldry) baton (as a charge)

• bâton de rouge
• bâtonner
• mettre des bâtons dans les roues

• → English: baton
• → Vietnamese: ba toong

• “bâton” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• nabot