badine

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French badine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈdiːn/ === Noun === badine (plural badines) A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries. === Anagrams === baenid == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.din/ === Adjective === badine feminine singular of badin === Noun === badine f (plural badines) switch (stick) a small bendy walking stick, walking cane tong (to use in a fireplace) === Verb === badine inflection of badiner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “badine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From French badiner. === Verb === badine to joke to trick, wind up === References === Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français