batteuse

French

Etymology

From battre +‎ -euse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.tøz/

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Noun

batteuse f (plural batteuses, masculine batteur)

1. (agriculture) threshing machine, thresher
2. (music, rare) female equivalent of batteur: female drummer

   Synonym: drummeuse

Further reading

• “batteuse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012