ébat

French

Etymology

From ébattre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.ba/

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Noun

ébat m (plural ébats)

1. (usually in the plural) frolic

   des ébats sexuels ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1973, Jean Eustache, La Maman et la Putain, spoken by Marie:

     Ah, mais je vois que vous avez renversé un cendrier pendant vos ébats !

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

ébat

1. third-person singular present indicative of ébattre

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• bêta