baten

== Basque == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baten/ [ba.t̪ẽn] Rhymes: -aten, -en Hyphenation: ba‧ten === Etymology 1 === ==== Determiner ==== baten genitive indefinite of bat ==== Numeral ==== baten genitive indefinite of bat genitive plural of bat ==== Pronoun ==== baten genitive of bat === Etymology 2 === ==== Determiner ==== baten inessive indefinite inanimate of bat Synonym: batean ==== Pronoun ==== baten inessive inanimate of bat Synonym: batean == Catalan == === Verb === baten third-person plural present indicative of batre == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaː.tə(n)/ Hyphenation: ba‧ten Rhymes: -aːtən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch baten, from Old Dutch *baton, from Proto-West Germanic *batēn, from Proto-Germanic *batāną, from the same root as beter. ==== Verb ==== baten (transitive and intransitive) to avail Het mocht niet baten. ― It was to no avail. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Negerhollands: baet === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== baten plural of baat == Galician == === Verb === baten third-person plural present indicative of bater == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baːtən/ Homophone: Barten (some speakers) Rhymes: -aːtn̩ === Verb === baten first/third-person plural preterite of bitten == Middle English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaːtən/, /ˈbatən/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Old French batre, from Latin battere, for earlier battuere; doublet of bateren. ==== Alternative forms ==== bate, battyn, batyn ==== Verb ==== baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon) To batter; to forcefully or repetitively beat or whack. To fight or strive; to be in conflict with. To quarrel, brawl, or wrangle. (rare) To pat; to gently and lightly touch. (rare, of an animal) To flap one's limbs. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: bat; bate Scots: bat, batt ===== References ===== “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === An apheretic form of abaten. ==== Alternative forms ==== batyn ==== Verb ==== baten (third-person singular simple present bateth, present participle batende, batynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle bated) (uncommon) To dwindle or stop; to no longer occur (as much) To halt or slow; to cause to lessen or abate. To reassure or hearten; to free of worry. (rare) To eliminate a collective irrational emotion. (in negations) To eliminate a positive attitude. To abase or humiliate; to break haughtiness. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: bate; bat ===== References ===== “batten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Middle High German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbaːtən/ === Verb === bāten alternative form of badeten == Spanish == === Verb === baten third-person plural present indicative of batir == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English button. === Noun === baten button