batel

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

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and 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

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “batel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• 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

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Middle English

Noun

batel

1. Alternative form of batayle

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Middle French

Noun

batel m (plural bateaulx)

1. boat (watercraft)

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Old French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English bat, suffixed with -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

• Middle French: bateau
  • French: bateau
    • Haitian Creole: bato
    • English: bateau
• → Italian: battello
• Norman: baté
• → Occitan: batèl, batèu
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: batel
  • Galician: batel
  • Portuguese: batel, bote
• Spanish: batel, bote

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese batel, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French batel (“boat”) (Modern French bateau), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman bat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English bāt (“boat”) (Modern English boat), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *baitaz (“boat, ship”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to break, split”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɐˈtɛɫ/
• Hyphenation: ba‧tel

Noun

batel m (plural batéis)

1. (nautical) (small) boat

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtel/ [baˈt̪el]

Noun

batel m (plural bateles)

1. rowboat for four rowers and a cox