bateau

== English == === Alternative forms === batteau === Etymology === Borrowed from French bateau. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bætˈəʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊ === Noun === bateau (plural bateaux) A small, flat-bottomed type of boat. ==== Derived terms ==== bateau bridge bateau neckline ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From Old French batel, Anglo-Norman bat, from Old English bāt (English boat) + suffix from Latin -ellus. It displaced the native word nef, which comes from Latin navis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ba.to/ Rhymes: -o === Noun === bateau m (plural bateaux) (nautical) a vessel of any size, a ship or boat ==== Hyponyms ==== barque, canot (“boat”) navire (“ship”), bâtiment, vaisseau (chiefly “warship”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: ဘောက်တူ (bhauktu) Haitian Creole: bato → Gun: bato === Adjective === bateau (feminine bateau, masculine plural bateaux, feminine plural bateaux) banal, unoriginal, hackneyed === Further reading === “bateau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012