battre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French battre, from Old French batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /batʁ/ === Verb === battre to beat; to defeat to beat up (pronominal) to fight (cooking) to whisk or whip (eggs) (agriculture) to thresh (card games) to shuffle ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *batt and *batts, it has the forms bat and bats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “battre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French batre. === Verb === battre (reflexive, se battre) to fight; to engage in combat ==== Related terms ==== combattre ==== Descendants ==== French: battre == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French batre, from Latin battere, from earlier battuere. === Verb === battre (gerund batt'tie) (Jersey) to beat (Jersey, reflexive, s'battre) to fight ==== Derived terms ==== battre lé beurre (“to make butter”)