baten

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baten/
• Rhymes: -aten
• Hyphenation: ba‧ten

Etymology 1

Determiner

baten

1. genitive indefinite of bat

Numeral

baten

1. genitive indefinite of bat
2. genitive plural of bat

Pronoun

baten

1. genitive of bat

Etymology 2

Determiner

baten

1. inessive indefinite inanimate of bat

   Synonym: batean

Pronoun

baten

1. inessive inanimate of bat

   Synonym: batean

Catalan

Verb

baten

1. third-person plural present indicative of batre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːtə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧ten
• Rhymes: -aːtən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch baten, from Old Dutch *baton, from Proto-West Germanic *batēn, from Proto-Germanic *batāną, from the same root as beter.

Verb

baten

1. (transitive and intransitive) to avail

   Het mocht niet baten.

   It was to no avail.

Inflection

Derived terms

• uitbaten
• baat het niet, dan schaadt het niet

Descendants

• Negerhollands: baet

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

baten

1. plural of baat

Galician

Verb

baten

1. third-person plural present indicative of bater

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːtən/

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• Homophone: Barten (some speakers)

Verb

baten

1. first/third-person plural preterite of bitten

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaːtən/, /ˈbatən/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French batre, from Latin battere, for earlier battuere; doublet of bateren.

Alternative forms

• bate, battyn, batyn

Verb

baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)

1. To batter; to forcefully or repetitively beat or whack.
2. To fight or strive; to be in conflict with.
3. To quarrel, brawl, or wrangle.
4. (rare) To pat; to gently and lightly touch.
5. (rare, of an animal) To flap one's limbs.

Conjugation

Related terms

Descendants

• English: bat; bate
• Scots: bat, batt

References

• “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

An aphetic form of abaten.

Alternative forms

• batyn

Verb

baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon)

1. To dwindle or stop; to no longer occur (as much)
2. To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate.
   1. To reassure or hearten; to free of worry.
   2. (rare) To eliminate a collective irrational emotion.
   3. (in negations) To eliminate a positive attitude.
3. To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: bate; bat

References

• “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

baten

1. third-person plural present indicative of batir

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English button.

Noun

baten

1. button