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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French bastiment, from Old French bastiment (“act of building, fortification”), from bastir (“to build, make; to sew”), from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ti.mɑ̃/ ~ /bɑ.ti.mɑ̃/
Noun
bâtiment m (plural bâtiments)
- building, edifice
- (uncountable) building industry, construction
- les congés du bâtiment ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- les travailleurs du bâtiment ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (nautical) ship or boat
- (nautical, military) warship
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