batiste

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 3 Spanish 3.1 Verb

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From French batiste, a form of Baptiste, of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bəˈtiːst/

[edit] Noun

batiste (uncountable)

1. A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric.

[edit] Quotations

• 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 104

  Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

batiste f.

1. Plural form of batista.

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[edit] Verb

batiste (infinitive: batir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) preterite indicative form of batir.