batte

See also: Batte, and batté

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German baten, batten, from Proto-Germanic *batāną (“to improve”), cognate with Dutch baten (“to avail”). Doublet of både.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ad̥ə]

Verb

batte (imperative bat, infinitive at batte, present tense batter, past tense battede, perfect tense har battet)

1. to have effect

Derived terms

• så det batter

References

“batte” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

batte

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of battre

Etymology 2

From English bat.

Noun

batte f (plural battes)

1. a bat (as in baseball bat)

Further reading

• “batte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Verb

batte

1. third-person singular present indicative of battere

Anagrams

• Betta

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbat.te/, [ˈbät̪ːɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbat.te/, [ˈbät̪ːe]

Verb

batte

1. second-person singular present active imperative of battō

Middle English

Noun

batte

1. Alternative form of bat