Masculine

bâtiment

  1. (masculine) building, edifice
  2. (masculine, uncountable) building industry, construction
  3. (masculine) ship or boat
  4. (masculine) warship

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ba.ti.mɑ̃/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French bastiment, from Old French bastiment (“act of building, fortification”), from bastir (“to build, make; to sew”), from Vulgar Latin *bastīre, borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).

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