baptême

== French == === Alternative forms === baptinse, batinse (interjection) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French baptesme, from Old French batesme, bapteme, baptesme (earlier batesma), a semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin baptisma, from Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma), and Late Latin baptismus, baptismum from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós). Doublet of baptisme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.tɛm/ IPA(key): /ba.tɛːm/ (older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada) (Quebec, formal) IPA(key): [ba.tɛ̃ːm] (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): [ba.taɛ̯m] === Noun === baptême m (plural baptêmes) baptism christening (Belgium) hazing ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: batèm === Interjection === baptême (Quebec) a mild curse word [1996], Chrystine Brouillet, C'est pour mieux t'aimer, mon enfant, La Courte Échelle, p. 39, Oui, baptême! C'était mon filleul. Un petit gars intelligent et... — Yes, dangit! He was my godson. A bright little guy and... === Further reading === “baptême”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012