bateau

See also: bâteau

English

Alternative forms

batteau

Etymology

Borrowed from French bateau.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bæˈtoʊ/

Noun

bateau (plural bateaux)

A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.

Derived terms

bateau bridge

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

IPA^(key): /ba.to/
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Rhymes: -o

Noun

bateau m (plural bateaux)

boat

Further reading

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

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