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) ==== Descendants ==== Mauritian Creole: badinn === 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 (medial form badinn) to joke to trick, wind up ==== Related terms ==== === References === Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 163