bateau
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See also: bâteau
English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bætˈəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
Noun
bateau (plural bateaux)
- A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.
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French
Etymology
From Old French batel, Anglo-Norman bat, from Old English bāt (English boat) + suffix from Latin -ellus. It displaced the native word nef, which comes from Latin navis.
Pronunciation
Noun
bateau m (plural bateaux)
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Adjective
bateau (feminine bateau, masculine plural bateaux, feminine plural bateaux)
Further reading
- “bateau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.