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Basque
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish batel.
Pronunciation
Noun
batel inan
- small boat, dinghy
- Synonym: txalupa
Declension
Declension of batel (inanimate, ending in consonant)
Derived terms
Further reading
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)
- clapper (on a bell)
Synonyms
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese batel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old French batel, from Old English bat.
Pronunciation
Noun
batel m (plural bateis)
- 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
- boat for entering and exiting and for taking and delivering the cargo whilst at the harbour, not losing time
- Synonyms: chalupa, esquife
- boat for crossing rivers
- Synonym: barca
Etymology 2
Borrowing from Old French batail. Doublet of badalo.
Pronunciation
Noun
batel m (plural bateis)
- clapper (on a bell)
- Synonym: badalo
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “batel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “batel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- 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
Middle English
Noun
batel
- Alternative form of batayle
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French batel (“boat”).
Noun
batel m (plural bateaulx)
- boat (watercraft)
Old French
Etymology
Old English bat + -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)
- boat (watercraft)
Synonyms
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese batel, from Old French batel (“boat”) (Modern French bateau).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
- Hyphenation: ba‧tel
Noun
batel m (plural batéis)
- (nautical) (small) boat
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian battello.
Noun
batel n (uncountable)
- a small ship
Declension
declension of batel (singular only)
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singular
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n gender
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indefinite articulation
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definite articulation
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nominative/accusative
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(un) batel
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batelul
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genitive/dative
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(unui) batel
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batelului
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vocative
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batelule
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References
- batel in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From Old French batel (“boat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈtel/
- Rhymes: -el
- Syllabification: ba‧tel
Noun
batel m (plural bateles)
- rowboat for four rowers and a cox
Further reading