batel

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batel/ [ba.t̪el]
• Rhymes: -atel, -el
• Hyphenation: ba‧tel

Noun

batel inan

1. small boat, dinghy

   Synonym: txalupa

Declension

Declension of batel (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	batel	batela	batelak	batelok
ergative	batelek	batelak	batelek	batelok
dative	bateli	batelari	batelei	bateloi
genitive	batelen	batelaren	batelen	batelon
comitative	batelekin	batelarekin	batelekin	batelokin
causative	batelengatik	batelarengatik	batelengatik	batelongatik
benefactive	batelentzat	batelarentzat	batelentzat	batelontzat
instrumental	batelez	batelaz	batelez	batelotaz
innesive	bateletan	batelean	bateletan	batelotan
locative	bateletako	bateleko	bateletako	batelotako
allative	bateletara	batelera	bateletara	batelotara
terminative	bateletaraino	bateleraino	bateletaraino	batelotaraino
directive	bateletarantz	batelerantz	bateletarantz	batelotarantz
destinative	bateletarako	batelerako	bateletarako	batelotarako
ablative	bateletatik	bateletik	bateletatik	batelotatik
partitive	batelik	—	—	—
prolative	bateltzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• batelari

Further reading

• “batel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “batel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, from Latin battuō.

Noun

batel f (plural batelyow)

1. battle

Derived terms

• batalyas (“battle, fight”, verb)

Mutation

Mutation of batel

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
batel	vatel	unchanged	patel	fatel	vatel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Friulian

Etymology

Related to bati; from a derivative of Latin battuō, battuere, cf. Vulgar Latin *bataclum < *bat(t)uaculum. Compare French batail, Catalan batall, Italian battaglio. See also batecul.

Noun

batel m (plural batei)

1. clapper (on a bell)

Synonyms

• batecul

Related terms

• batocj
• bati

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old French batel, from Old English bat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

Noun

batel m (plural bateis)

1. tender; rowboat
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:

     batel para entrar et seyr et para dar carga et tomar carga en porto estando, tenpo non perdendo

     [a] boat for entering and exiting and for taking and delivering the cargo whilst at the harbour, not losing time

   Synonyms: chalupa, esquife

2. boat for crossing rivers

   Synonym: barca

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French batail. Doublet of badalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

Noun

batel m (plural bateis)

1. clapper (on a bell)

   Synonym: badalo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “batel”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “batel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “batel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Middle English

Noun

batel

1. alternative form of batayle

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French batel (“boat”).

Noun

batel m (plural bateaulx)

1. boat (watercraft)

Norman

Etymology

From Old French batel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.te(l)/

Noun

batel m (plural batiaux)

1. boat

Old French

Etymology

From Old English bat +‎ -el

Noun

batel oblique singular, m (oblique plural bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative singular bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative plural batel)

1. boat (watercraft)

Synonyms

• nef (more common)

Descendants

• Angevin: batiau
• Bourguignon: baiteâ
• Champenois: baté, batiau
• Franc-Comtois: baitiâ
• Middle French: bateau
  • French: bateau
    • Haitian Creole: bato
    • English: bateau
• Norman: baté
• Picard: batieu, batiau
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: batea
• Walloon: batea
• → Italian: battello
• → Occitan: batèl, batèu
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: batel
  • Galician: batel
  • Portuguese: batel, bote
• → Spanish: batel, bote

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel, from Old French batel (“boat”) (Modern French bateau).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈtɛw/ [baˈtɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtɛl/ [bɐˈtɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtɛl/ [bɐˈtɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtɛ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
• Hyphenation: ba‧tel

Noun

batel m (plural batéis)

1. (nautical) (small) boat

Descendants

• → Gujarati: બતેલો (batelo)

Further reading

• “batel”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “batel”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian battello.

Noun

batel n (uncountable)

1. a small ship

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	batel	batelul
genitive-dative	batel	batelului
vocative	batelule

References

• batel in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French batel (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtel/ [baˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ba‧tel

Noun

batel m (plural bateles)

1. rowboat for four rowers and a cox

Further reading

• “batel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025