batel

Borrowed from Spanish batel.

• IPA^(key): /batel/,

batel inan

1. small boat, dinghy

   Synonym: txalupa

• “batel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “batel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

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.

batel m (plural batei)

1. clapper (on a bell)

• batecul

• batocj
• bati

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old French batel, from Old English bat.

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

batel m (plural bateis)

1. 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

2. boat for crossing rivers

   Synonym: barca

Borrowing from Old French batail. Doublet of badalo.

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

batel m (plural bateis)

1. clapper (on a bell)

   Synonym: badalo

• 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

batel

1. Alternative form of batayle

From Old French batel (“boat”).

batel m (plural bateaulx)

1. boat (watercraft)

Old English bat +‎ -el

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)

1. boat (watercraft)

• nef (more common)

• Angevin: batiau
• Bourguignon: baiteâ
• Champenois: baté, batiau
• Franc-Comtois: baitiâ
• Middle French: bateau
• Norman: baté
• Picard: batieu, batiau
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: batea
• Walloon: batea
  • French: bateau
    • Haitian Creole: bato
    • English: bateau
• → Italian: battello
• → Occitan: batèl, batèu
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: batel
  • Galician: batel
  • Portuguese: batel, bote
• → Spanish: batel, bote

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel, from Old French batel (“boat”) (Modern French bateau).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
• Hyphenation: ba‧tel

batel m (plural batéis)

1. (nautical) (small) boat

Borrowed from Italian battello.

batel n (uncountable)

1. a small ship

• batel in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

From Old French batel (“boat”).

• IPA^(key): /baˈtel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ba‧tel

batel m (plural bateles)

1. rowboat for four rowers and a cox

• “batel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10