bateau

See also: bâteau

English

Alternative forms

• batteau

Etymology

Borrowed from French bateau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bætˈəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun

bateau (plural bateaux)

1. A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.

Derived terms

• bateau bridge
• bateau neckline

Translations

type of boat

• Polish: bat (pl) m

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/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

bateau m (plural bateaux)

1. (nautical) a vessel of any size, a ship or boat

Hyponyms

• barque, canot (“boat”)
• navire (“ship”), bâtiment, vaisseau (chiefly “warship”)

Derived terms

• bateau à vapeur
• bateau de plaisance
• bateau pilote
• bateau-mouche
• être dans le même bateau
• mener en bateau

 

Adjective

bateau (feminine bateau, masculine plural bateaux, feminine plural bateaux)

1. banal, unoriginal, hackneyed

Further reading

• “bateau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.