bateau
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See also: bâteau
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bætˈəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun
[edit]bateau (plural bateaux)
- A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
Derived terms
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[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French batel, Anglo-Norman bat, from Old English bāt (English boat) + suffix from Latin -ellus. It displaced the native word nef, which comes from Latin navis.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ba.to/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Agen)): (file) Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)): (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Hérault)): (file) Audio (France (Saint-Étienne)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Rhymes: -o
Noun
[edit]bateau m (plural bateaux)
Hyponyms
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]bateau (feminine bateau, masculine plural bateaux, feminine plural bateaux)
- banal, unoriginal, hackneyed
- 2024, Alain Damasio, Vallée du silicium, Paris: Seuil, →ISBN, page 122:
- « San Francisco est la ville où le futur se conjugue au présent », lance-t-il régulièrement à ses clients. Un peu bateau ? Oui, surtout quand Arnaud donne l'impression de le conjuguer déjà au passé composé, ce mantra, tant ses pratiques s'avèrent en avance sur nos habitus.
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Further reading
[edit]- “bateau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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