Masculine

bâton

Meaning

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

Concepts

stick
staff
cane
pole
club
rod
baton
walking stick
stave
bat
🦇
bar
truncheon
spar
cudgel
shaft
clave
quarterstaff
muzzle
perch
racket
racquet
ski pole
stake
stalk
stuff
wood
🪵
baseball bat

billystick

thin pole

baston

baton, cane

Pole
batune
barre
big
billy
bounder
branch
cad
cosh
drawbar
firelock
handle
ingot
mallet
nightstick
paddle
Paul
pen
🖊️
pencil
📝
Synonyms

canne
C1
gaule
20k
baguette
C1
perche
C2
gourdin
29k
branche
B2
fouet
C1
bâtonnet
36k
muselière
46k
badine
barreau
C2
batte
C1
crosse
C2
poteau
C2
sceptre
24k
staff
21k
stylo
B2
🖊️
tige
C2

morceau de bois

Polonais
C1
Polonaise
21k

batte de baseball

polonais
C1
🇵🇱

bande batonnée

barre
B2
bois
A2
🪵
bourdon
24k
club
A2
crayon
C1
📝
fidèle
B2
gros
A1
massue
32k
pôle
C2
polka
31k
polonaise
21k
portée
B2
Translations

Stock
bastone
bastón
Stab
palo
stok
bastão
bastó
pau
staf
vara
çubuk
baculum
Stecken
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.tɔ̃/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
baston
Cognate with Italian
Italian
bastone
In summary

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

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