Masculine

bâton

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

Frequency

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

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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