bat

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
2. (derogatory) An old woman.

Verb

1. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.
2. (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
3. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.
4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Verb

1. (transitive) To flutter
2. (UK, US, dialectal) To wink.
3. (intransitive, usually) To flit quickly from place to place.

Concepts

chauve-souris

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batte

chauvesouris

roussette

bâton

club

raquette

selle

vaincre

bât

manier la batte

vespertilion

chauve souris

bac

⛴️

batte de cricket

chauve

crosse

gourdin

lécher

massue

Synonymes

club

stick

cudgel

racket

flying fox

truncheon

racquet

hit

bludgeon

chiropteran

flutter

staff

ghost

👻

devil

clobber

lick

at-bat

lathi

cricket bat

squash racket

war club

squash racquet

thrash

baton

cream

bird

🐦

fruit bat

cane

shillelagh

flap

play

drub

paddle

beat

billy

drive

dike

blink

defeat

blackjack

battery

🔋

dasher

nail

mint

masturbate

batsman

baseball

⚾

mallet

mace

clout

Traductions

murciélago

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Fledermaus

pipistrello

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vleermuis

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morcego

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νυχτερίδα

yarasa

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vespertilio

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muricec

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خفاش

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Schläger

ρόπαλο

ratpenat

şevrevînk

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bæt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à suédois: natt-batta

Hérité de moyen anglais: bakke

Hérité de moyen anglais: bat

Hérité de ancien anglais: batt

Appartenant à Old Breton: bath

Appartenant à breton: bazh

Appartenant à latin: battuo

Hérité de moyen anglais: baten

In summary

Dialectal variant (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta) of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin. Perhaps compare Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”).
Compare Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ.