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Webster 1913 Edition

Bateau

‖

Ba-teau′

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Bateaux
.
[F.
bateau
, LL.
batellus
, fr.
battus
,
batus
, boat, which agrees with AS.
bāt
boat: cf. W.
bad
boat. See
Boat
,
Noun.
]
A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.
[Written also, but less properly,
batteau
.]
Bateau bridge
,
a floating bridge supported by bateaux.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bateau

BATEAU

,
Noun.
batto'. [L. batillum.] A light boat, long in proportion to its breadth, and wider in the middle than at the ends.

Definition 2024

bateau

bateau

See also: bâteau

English

Alternative forms

Noun

bateau ‎(plural bateaux)

  1. A small, flat-bottomed type of boat.

Derived terms

  • bateau bridge

French

Etymology

From Old French batel, from 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): /bato/
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

bateau m ‎(plural bateaux)

  1. boat

Etymology

Borrowing from French bateau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bæˈtoʊ/

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