baton

See also: Baton, bâton, and batön

English

Alternative forms

• bâton

Etymology

From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

Argent, a baton gules.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bătʹŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈbætɒn/, /ˈbætən/, /ˈbætn̩/
• (US) enPR: bətänʹ, IPA^(key): /bəˈtɑn/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ætɒn, -ætən, (US) -ɑn

Noun

baton (plural batons)

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.

   A field marshal's baton

3. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
4. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
5. (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).

   Synonyms: billy club, nightstick

6. (heraldry) A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.

   Alternative forms: batune, baston

   Coordinate term: scrape

7. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.

Synonyms

• wand; rod; bat; club
• See also Thesaurus:stick

Derived terms

• baton charge
• batonic
• baton round
• baton sinister
• pass the baton

 

Translations

military staff of office

• Bulgarian: палка (bg) (palka), жезъл (bg) (žezǎl)
• Catalan: porra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警棍 (zh) (jǐnggùn), 棒 (zh) (bàng), 棒子 (zh) (bàngzi)

• Danish: stav c, embedsstav c, marskalstav c (of a marshal)
• Estonian: nui (et), kumminui, sau
• Finnish: sauva (fi), komentosauva, keppi (fi)
• Galician: bastón (gl) m
• German: Kommandostab (de) m, Zeremonienstab m, Offizierstöckchen n, Zepter (de) n, Marschallstab (de) m
• Hebrew: שרביט‎ (he) m (sharvít)
• Italian: bacchetta (it)
• Japanese: 元帥杖 (gensuijō), 警棒 (ja) (keibō)
• Korean: 지휘봉 (ko) (jihwibong)
• Macedonian: пендрек m (pendrek), палка f (palka)
• Polish: pałka (pl) f
• Portuguese: bastão (pt) m
• Romanian: baston (ro) n
• Russian: жезл (ru) m (žezl), па́лочка (ru) f (páločka), па́лка (ru) f (pálka)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: pèrtia

  Logudorese: bèrtiga

• Sassarese: vèrtiga
• Spanish: batuta (es) f, porra (es) f
• Swedish: stav (sv) c

music: conductor's stick

• Bulgarian: диригентска палка (dirigentska palka)
• Catalan: batuta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指揮棒／指挥棒 (zh) (zhǐhuībàng)

• Czech: taktovka (cs) f
• Danish: taktstok c, dirigentstok c
• Dutch: dirigeerstok (nl) m
• Finnish: tahtipuikko (fi)
• French: baguette (fr) f
• Galician: batuta (gl) f
• German: Taktstock (de) m, Tambourstock m
• Greek: μπαγκέτα (el) f (bagkéta)
• Hebrew: מקל‎ (he) m (makél)
• Hungarian: karmesteri pálca
• Icelandic: tónsproti m
• Italian: bacchetta (it) f
• Japanese: 指揮棒 (ja) (shikibō), タクト (takuto)
• Latvian: zizlis m
• Lithuanian: dirigento lazdelė f
• Macedonian: палка f (palka)
• Maori: tira
• Occitan: lata (oc) f, lateta f, bagueta (oc) f
• Polish: batuta (pl) f
• Portuguese: batuta (pt) f
• Romanian: baghetă (ro) f
• Russian: дирижёрская па́лочка f (dirižórskaja páločka)
• Spanish: batuta (es) f
• Swedish: dirigentpinne c, taktpinne c

sports: object transferred by relay runners

• Arabic: عَصًا‎ f (ʕaṣan)
• Bulgarian: палка (bg) (palka), щафета (štafeta)
• Catalan: testimoni (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 接力棒 (zh) (jiēlìbàng)

• Czech: kolík (cs) m
• Danish: stafet (da) c
• Dutch: stokje (nl) n
• Finnish: kapula (fi), viestikapula (fi)
• French: relai (fr) m, relais (fr) m, témoin (fr) m
• German: Stab (de) m, Staffelstab m
• Greek: σκυτάλη (el) f (skytáli)
• Hebrew: שרביט‎ (he) m (sharvít)
• Hungarian: váltóbot (hu), staféta (hu)
• Italian: testimone (it) m
• Japanese: バトン (ja) (baton)
• Latvian: nūjiņa f
• Macedonian: штафе́тна палка f (štafétna palka), штафе́та f (štaféta)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stafett (no) m

  Nynorsk: stafett m

• Polish: pałeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: testemunho (pt) (Portugal), bastão (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: эстафе́тная па́лочка (ru) f (estafétnaja páločka), па́лочка (ru) f (páločka), эстафе́та (ru) f (estaféta)
• Slovak: štafeta f
• Spanish: testigo (es) m
• Swedish: stafettpinne c

club of the police

• Arabic: هِرَاوَة‎ f (hirāwa)
• Armenian: ոստիկանական մահակ (ostikanakan mahak), մահակ (hy) (mahak)
• Belarusian: дручо́к m (dručók), дубі́нка f (dubínka), даўбе́шка f (daŭbjéška)
• Catalan: porra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 警棍 (ging² gwan³)

  Mandarin: 警棍 (zh) (jǐnggùn)

• Czech: obušek m
• Danish: politistav c, knippel c
• Finnish: pamppu (fi)
• French: matraque (fr) f
• Galician: porra f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Schlagstock m, Knüppel (de) m, Gummiknüppel (de) m, Prügel (de) m (dated), Knüttel (de) m (regional)
• Greek: γκλομπ (el) n (gklomp)
• Hebrew: אלה‎ (he) f (alá)
• Hungarian: rendőrbot
• Indonesian: pentungan (id)
• Irish: smachtín m
• Italian: manganello (it) m
• Japanese: 警棒 (ja) (keibō)
• Khmer: ដំបង (km) (dɑmbɑɑŋ)
• Korean: 경봉 (ko) (gyeongbong)
• Latvian: steks m
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: pātene
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: batong m

  Nynorsk: batong m

• Persian: باتون‎ (fa) (bâtôn)
• Polish: pałka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cassetete (pt) m, porrete (pt)
• Romanian: baston (ro) n, bulan n, pulan n
• Russian: дуби́нка (ru) f (dubínka), полице́йская дуби́нка f (policéjskaja dubínka), (slang) демократиза́тор (ru) m (demokratizátor)
• Slovak: obušok m
• Spanish: porra (es) f
• Swedish: batong (sv) c
• Thai: กระบอง (th) (gràbong)
• Turkish: cop (tr)
• Ukrainian: дрючо́к m (drjučók), кийо́к m (kyjók), дубе́ць (dubécʹ), па́лиця (uk) f (pálycja)

heraldry: a bend with the ends cut off

• Finnish: bastardijänne (especially when marking illegitimacy)
• German: Bastardfaden m (especially when marking illegitimacy; sometimes extending across the shield (without the ends cut off))

a short vertical post in a fence used to separate wires, not set into the ground

• German: Abstandhalter m, Distanzstab m
• Maori: pātene, pouihi

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: bastoneto
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} bastoneto (io)

Verb

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

1. To strike with a baton.

Translations

to strike with a baton

• Finnish: pamputtaa (fi)
• French: frapper avec un bâton
• Galician: apancar (gl)
• German: knüppeln (de), prügeln (de)
• Romanian: ciomăgi (ro)

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
• The Observer's Book of Heraldry, by Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, page 58.

Further reading

• baton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Baton in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Botan, tabon

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English baton, from French bâton, from Old French baston, probably from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōnis. Doublet of baston.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ton
• IPA^(key): /baˈton/, [bʌˈt̪on̪]

Noun

batón

1. baton (staff or truncheon)
   1. (music) stick of a conductor of an orchestra, or the majorette or drum major of a marching band
   2. (sports) object transferred by relay runners
   3. club used by policemen; night stick

      Synonym: batuta

Verb

batón

1. (music) to conduct an orchestra
2. (music) to lead a marching band
3. to use something as a baton

Related terms

• baston

Etymology 2

Verb

batón

1. to have something
2. to have a servant
3. to watch; to look after; to take care of

Derived terms

• binatonan (“servant”)
• binatnan (“animal raised for someone; foster child”)

References

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎^[2] (in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 53
• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[3] (in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. bread stick
2. chocolate stick

Declension

Declension of baton

nominative	baton
genitive	batonnıñ
dative	batonğa
accusative	batonnı
locative	batonda
ablative	batondan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[4], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Esperanto

Noun

baton

1. accusative singular of bato

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

Hiligaynon

Verb

báton

1. accept, get, receive

Japanese

Romanization

baton

1. Rōmaji transcription of バトン

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

• matan
• batan

Etymology

From French bâton (“stick”).

Noun

baton

1. stick
2. stalk
3. rod, pole
4. cane, walking stick

References

• Albert Valdman; Thomas A. Klinger; Margaret M. Marshall; Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, →ISBN, page 64

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Polish

baton (1)

Etymology

Borrowed from French bâton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧ton

Noun

baton m inan (diminutive batonik) or baton m anim (diminutive batonik)

1. candy bar

Declension

Declension of baton

	singular	plural
nominative	baton	batony
genitive	batonu/batona	batonów
dative	batonowi	batonom
accusative	baton/batona	batony
instrumental	batonem	batonami
locative	batonie	batonach
vocative	batonie	batony

Further reading

• baton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• baton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bâton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈton/

Noun

baton n (plural batoane)

1. bar, stick

   baton de ciocolată ― chocolate bar

Declension

Declension of baton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) baton	batonul	(niște) batoane	batoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) baton	batonului	(unor) batoane	batoanelor
vocative	batonule		batoanelor

Further reading

• baton in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bâton.

Noun

baton

1. stick

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English baton, from French bâton, from Old French baston, probably from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōnis. Doublet of baston.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧ton
• IPA^(key): /baˈton/, [bɐˈton]

Noun

batón (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

1. baton (staff or truncheon)
   1. (music) stick of a conductor of an orchestra, or the majorette or drum major of a marching band

      Synonyms: (conductor baton) batuta, botong

   2. (sports) object transferred by relay runners

      Synonym: botong

   3. club used by policemen; night stick

      Synonyms: batuta, botong

Further reading

• “baton”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Tetum

Noun

batón

1. lipstick