bâton

Noun

bâton (plural bâtons)

1. Alternative form of baton

Anagrams

• Botan, tabon

Etymology

From Old French baston, probably from a Vulgar Latin *bastō, bastōnis, itself a modification of Late Latin bastum, or possibly noun use of the verb *bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō). Compare Italian bastone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ.tɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

bâton m (plural bâtons)

1. stick
2. (heraldry) baton (as a charge)

Further reading

• “bâton” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• nabot