Batman

See also: batman

English

Etymology 1

The province is named after its capital city, and the city is named after a nearby river, Batman River. Beyond that, the origin of the name is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batˈman/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. A province of Turkey.
2. The capital city of Batman Province, Turkey.

See also

• Batman Province on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Batman, Turkey on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbætmæn/
• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. A surname

Etymology 3

From bat +‎ man; originally the Bat-Man.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbætmæn/

• Audio (AU):

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• Hyphenation: Bat‧man

Proper noun

Batman

1. a fictional hero of DC Comics who uses a bat-themed costume and equipment and is assisted by his sidekick Robin.
2. An intensifier for interjections created with the adjective holy, in imitation of dialogue between Batman and his sidekick Robin.

   Holy guacamole Batman!

Translations

the bat-themed hero

• Bengali: ব্যাটম্যান (bêṭmên)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蝙蝠俠／蝙蝠侠 (zh) (biānfúxiá)

• Dutch: Batman
• Esperanto: Vespertviro
• Estonian: Nahkhiirmees
• Finnish: Lepakkomies
• French: Batman (fr)
• German: Batman
• Greek: Μπάτμαν (Bátman)
• Icelandic: Leðurblökumaðurinn
• Irish: Fear na nIaltóg m
• Italian: Batman
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• Japanese: バットマン (Battoman)
• Korean: 배트맨 (Baeteumaen)
• Latvian: Betmens
• Marathi: बॅट्मॅन m (bǎṭmǎna)
• Portuguese: Batman
• Romanian: Batman
• Russian: Бэ́тмен (Bɛ́tmen)
• Spanish: Batman
• Swedish: Batman, Läderlappen
• Tagalog: Batman
• Thai: แบทแมน (baetmaen)
• Vietnamese: Người Dơi

Hyponyms

• Batfleck

Verb

Batman (third-person singular simple present Batmans, present participle Batmanning, simple past and past participle Batmanned)

1. (slang, mountaineering) Alternative form of batman (etymology 3)
   • 2014, Ken Wylie, Buried, →ISBN, page 140:

     He laughed, Batmanned back up to his last piece of gear and hammered a 5/8-inch angle piton into the crack with an ascending ring like any nail met with a hammer.

Further reading

• Batman (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Superman

Anagrams

• Bantam, bantam

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Batman f

1. Batman (a province of the Southeastern Anatolia Region, Turkey)
2. Batman (a city, the provincial capital of Batman, Turkey)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Batman m

1. Batman (superhero)

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Swedish

Proper noun

Batman

1. Batman

Synonyms

• Läderlappen