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Etymology

Abbreviation of English Baltic.

Symbol

bat

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Baltic languages.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US, Australia) IPA^(key): /bæt/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

  • Audio (Australia):

    (file)

• (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA^(key): /bat/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /bɛt/
• Rhymes: -æt
• Hyphenation: bat

Etymology 1

Mariana's fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus) (noun sense 1)

Dialectal variant of Middle English bakke, balke, of North Germanic origin (akin to dialectal Swedish natt-batta). Perhaps compare Old Norse (leðr)blaka (literally “(leather) flapper”), from leðr + blaka (“to flap”). Compare also Old Swedish natbakka, Old Danish nathbakkæ.

Noun

bat (plural bats)

2. Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

   Synonyms: chiropter, chiropteran, flindermouse, flitterbat, flittermouse, fluttermouse, flying mouse, rattlemouse, reremouse

   • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood, chapter I, in The Bat: A Novel from the Play (Dell Book; 241), New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 01:

     The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

   • 2012, Suemedha Sood, (bbc.co.uk) Travelwise: Texas love bats [sic]

     As well as being worth millions of dollars to the Texan agriculture industry, these mammals are worth millions of dollars to the state’s tourism industry. Texas is home to the world’s largest known bat colony (in Comal County), and the world’s largest urban bat colony (in Austin). Bat watching is a common activity, with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offering more bat-viewing sites than anywhere else in the US.

4. (derogatory) An old woman.
   • 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 196:

     "Isn't it lovely?" I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat!

Derived terms

terms derived from bat (flying animal)

• alien space bats
• anvil bat (Epomops spp.)
• baby bat
• badger bat (Niumbaha superba)
• banana bat (Musonycteris harrisoni)
• barbastelle bat (Barbastella barbastellus)
• bat bomb
• bat box
• bat bug (Polyctenidae spp.)
• Batcape
• batcorder
• batcrap
• bat detector
• batdom
• bat ear
• bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)
• batfaced
• bat falcon (Falco rufigularis)
• Batfamily
• batfish*
• bat flower, batflower (Tacca spp.)
• bat fly (Nycteribiidae spp.)
• bat-fowler, batfowler
• bat-fowling
• bat hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus)
• bat house
• bat laurel (Prunus polystachya)
• batless
• batlike
• batling
• Batman
• batmeat
• batmobile
• bat nut (Trapa spp.)
• batologist
• bat phone
• bat plant (Tacca spp.)
• batpoop
• bat ray (Myliobatis californica)
• [[:bats<t:crazy><pos:adjective&gt#English|bats<t:crazy><pos:adjective>]]
• batshit
• batsicle
• batskin
• batspit
• batsqueak
• bat star (Patiria miniata)
• batswing
• bat tick (Nycteribia spp.)
• battish
• bat tree (Magnolia grandiflora)
• batty
• Batusi
• Batverse
• batwing, bat wing
• Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii)
• big brown bat (Eptesicus spp.)
• big-eared bat*
• Blanford's bat (Hesperoptenus blanfordi)
• blind as a bat
• blossom bat (Syconycteris spp.)
• blunt-eared bat (Tomopeas ravus)
• Brandt's bat (Myotis brandtii)
• Brazilian free-tailed bat
• brown bat*
• bull bat (Chordeiles spp.)
• bulldog bat*
• bumblebee bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
• butterfly bat (Glauconycteris spp.)
• Cadena's long-tongued bat (Hsunycteris cadenai)
• canyon bat (Parastrellus hesperus)
• cave bat (Antrozus spp.)
• chocolate wattled bat (Chalinolobus morio)
• cinnamon bat (Mormoops)
• copper-winged bat (Myotis formosus)
• Damara horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus damarensis)
• Dashe's nectar bat (Hsunycteris dashe)
• Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii)
• dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea)
• desert bat (Antrozous pallidus)
• disc-winged bat/disk-winged bat/disc bat/disk bat (Thyropteridae spp.)
• Dormer's bat (Scotozous dormeri)
• epaulet bat/epauletted bat* (Epomophorini spp.)
• evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis)
• fish-eating bat (Myotis vivesi)
• fishing bat/fisherman bat (Noctilionidae spp.)
• flower-faced bat (Anthops ornatus)
• flute-nosed bat (Murina florium)
• forest bat (Kerivoula spp.)
• fox bat, fox-bat (Pteropodidae spp.)
• free-tailed bat (Molossidae spp.)
• fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus)
• frosted bat (Vespertilio murinus)
• fruit bat* (Pteropodidae spp.)
• funnel-eared bat (Natalidae spp.)
• Geoffroy's bat (Myotis emarginatus)
• ghost bat (Macroderma gigas)
• ghost-faced bat (Mormoops megalophylla)
• giant bat (Pteropus spp.)
• golden bat (Mimon bennettii)
• golden-tipped bat (Phoniscus papuensis)
• gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
• greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis)
• groove-toothed bat (Phoniscus atrox)
• guano bat (Tadarida brasiliensis)
• hairless bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)
• hairy-faced bat (Myotis annectans)
• hairy-tailed bat (Lasiurus ebenus)
• hairy-winged bat (Harpiocephalus spp.)
• hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus)
• harelipped bat (Noctilio spp.)
• harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus)
• harpy bat*
• have bats in the belfry, have bats in one's belfry
• heart-nosed bat (Cardioderma cor)
• hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus)
• Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus)
• hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
• hollow-faced bat (Nycteris)
• horn-skinned bat (Eptesicus floweri)
• horseshoe bat (Rhinolophidae spp.)
• Horsfield's bat
• Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
• jackass bat (Euderma maculata)
• javelin bat (Phyllostomus hastatus)
• Kitti's hog-nosed bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai)
• Kobayashi's bat (Eptesicus kobayashii)
• large-footed bat (Myotis adversus)
• leaf-nosed bat* (Phyllostomidae spp. and Hipposideridae spp.)
• Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri)
• like a bat out of hell
• little brown bat
• long-eared bat*
• long-legged bat (Macrophyllum macrophyllum)
• long-nosed bat*
• long-tongued bat
• lyre bat (Megaderma lyra)
• Major's long-fingered bat
• Malayan slit-faced bat
• mastiff bat*
• megabat (Yinpterochiroptera spp.)
• Mexican free-tailed bat
• microbat* (Microchiroptera spp.)
• mole bat (Mola mola)
• Moloney's mimic bat Mimetillus moloneyi)
• monk bat (Molossus tropidorhynchus)
• moonbat
• Morris's bat Myotis morrisi)
• mouse-eared bat (Myotis spp.)
• mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma spp.)
• naked-backed bat (Pteronotus davyi)
• naked bat (Cheiromeles torquatus)
• Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri)
• New York bat (Lasiurus borealis)
• night-bat
• northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)
• orange bat (Rhinonicteris aurantia)
• painted bat (Kerivoula picta)
• pale-faced bat (Phylloderma stenops)
• Pallas's long-tongued bat
• pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)
• parti-coloured bat, particoloured bat (Vespertilio murinus)
• Patton's long-tongued bat (Hsunycteris pattoni)
• pied bat (Niumbaha superba)
• pipistrelle bat/pipistrel bat (Pipistrellus spp.)
• pond bat (Myotis dasycneme)
• proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso)
• railer bat (Mops thersites)
• red bat (Lasiurus borealis)
• Ridley's bat (Myotis ridleyi)
• round-eared tube-nosed bat (Hipposideros semoni)
• roundleaf bat* (Hipposideros spp.)
• sac-winged bat (Emballonuridae spp.)
• Schlieffen's bat (Nycticeinops schlieffeni)
• sea-bat, sea bat, seabat (Ogcocephalidae spp.)
• Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus)
• Semon's leaf-nosed bat, Semon's roundleaf bat (Hipposideros semoni)
• serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus))
• sheath-tailed bat (Emballonuridae spp.)
• short-tailed bat (Mystacina spp.)
• silky bat (Eptesicus serotinus))
• silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans)
• Sind bat (Eptesicus nasutus)
• slit-faced bat (Nycteris spp.)
• smoky bat (Amorphochilus schnablii)
• sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei)
• soricine bat (Glossophaga soricina)
• spearnose bat (Phyllostomidae spp.)
• specter bat, spectre bat, spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum)
• spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)
• Tacarcuna bat (Lasiurus castaneus)
• tent-making bat (Uroderma bilobatum)
• thick-eared bat (Eptesicus pachyotis)
• Thomas's nectar bat (Hsunycteris thomasi)
• thumbless bat (Amorphochilus schnablii, Furipterus horrens)
• Tickell's bat (Hesperoptenus tickelli)
• Timorese horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus montanus)
• tomb bat Taphozous spp.)
• trident bat (Asellia tridens etc.)
• trumpet-nosed bat (Musonycteris harrisoni)
• tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene spp.)
• vampire bat*
• Van Gelder's bat (Bauerus dubiaquercus)
• vesper bat* (Vespertilionidae spp.)
• Welwitsch's bat (Myotis welwitschii)
• werebat
• western mastiff bat Eumops perotis)
• whiskered bat (Myotis mystacinus)
• white bat (Diclidurus spp.)
• Woermann's bat (Megaloglossus woermanni)
• wrinkle-faced bat (Centurio senex)
• wrinkle-lipped bat (Molossidae spp.)
• yellow bat (Scotophilus nigrita)
• yellow-winged bat (Lavia frons)

Translations

See bat/translations § Noun.

See also

• Appendix:Animals
• Appendix:English collective nouns

Etymology 2

A player swinging a baseball bat (noun sense 2)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der.?

Celticder.?

Old English batt

Old French batteinflu.

Middle English bat

English bat

From Middle English bat, batte, from Old English batt (“bat, club, cudgel”), probably of Celtic origin, compare Old Breton bath (“club, cudgel”) and modern Breton bazh (“swagger stick”), ultimately from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂- (“to strike, beat, pierce”), similar to the Gaulish source of Latin battuō (“to beat, pound”).

Noun

bat (plural bats)

1. A club, made of wood like a baseball bat or otherwise, used as a weapon
3. A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
4. A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.

   You've been in for ages. Can I have a bat now?

5. A player rated according to skill in batting.

   He's a good fielder and a valuable bat.

6. (two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.

   Synonyms: kip, kylie, lannet, stick

7. (mining) Shale or bituminous shale.
   • 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:

     bituminous shale ; which miners , if I mistake not , call bat

8. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
9. A part of a brick with one whole end.
10. A stroke; a sharp blow.
11. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A stroke of work.
12. (informal) Rate of motion; speed.
    • 1842, Sporting Magazine, page 251:

      On starting, The Nun led at a very slow pace for a quarter of a mile, when the Shrigley colt made running at a good bat.

    • 1898, unknown author, Pall Mall Magazine:

      a vast host of fowl […] making at full bat for the North Sea.

13. (US, slang, dated) A spree; a jollification; a binge, jag.
14. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
15. (Kent, Sussex) A rough walking stick.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC, signature K2, verso:

      So ſlides he dovvne vppon his greyned bat; / And comely diſtant ſits he by her ſide, […]

Synonyms

• (two-up): kip, stick, kylie, lannet

Derived terms

• at bat
• baseball bat
• bat and ball
• batboy
• batgirl
• batlet
• batmaker
• batman
• bat of an eye
• bat-pad
• batsman
• bat speed
• batswoman
• beat the bat
• big bat
• bingle
• brickbat
• carry out one's bat
• carry the bat
• cluebat
• come to bat
• corked bat
• cricket bat
• cross bat
• dead bat
• dizzy bat
• fungo bat
• go to bat
• half-bat
• nail bat
• off one's own bat
• on one's own bat
• pandy bat
• right off the bat
• straight bat
• superbat
• take one's bat and ball and go home
• up to bat

Translations

See bat/translations § Noun.

Etymology 3

From Middle English batten, baten (“to beat”), from Old French batre (“to beat”), from Late Latin battere, from Latin battuere, of uncertain origin; perhaps of Germanic or Celtic origin. In modern English reinterpreted as a verbal derivative of Etymology 2. Compare batter, battery.

Verb

bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)

1. (transitive) To hit with a bat or (figuratively) as if with a bat.

   He batted the ball away with a satisfying thwack.

   We batted a few ideas around.

3. (intransitive) To take a turn at hitting a ball with a bat in sports like cricket, baseball and softball, as opposed to fielding.
4. (intransitive) To strike or swipe as though with a bat.

   The cat batted at the toy.

5. (UK, dialect, obsolete) To bate or flutter, as a hawk.

Derived terms

terms derived from bat (verb)

• bat around
• bat a thousand
• bat away
• bat deep
• bat five hundred
• bat for both sides
• bat for the other side
• bat for the other team
• bat in
• bat one thousand
• bat out
• bat round
• batter
• bat the breeze
• bat up
• did not bat

Translations

See bat/translations § Verb.

Etymology 4

Possibly a variant of bate.

Verb

bat (third-person singular simple present bats, present participle batting, simple past and past participle batted)

1. (transitive) To flutter

   to bat one’s eyelashes

2. (US, UK, dialect) To wink.
3. (intransitive, usually with ‘around’ or ‘about’) To flit quickly from place to place.

   I’ve spent all week batting around the country.

   • 1956 February, W. A. Tuplin, “Hot Work on a "Star"”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:

     The "Star" is batting along at about a mile a minute, chattering away at the chimney and snatching small coal off the shovel.

Usage notes

Most commonly used in the phrase bat an eye, and variants thereof.

Derived terms

• bat an eye
• bat an eyelash
• bat an eyelid
• bat one's eyelashes
• bat one's eyes

Etymology 5

Borrowed from French bât, from Old French bast, from Vulgar Latin *bastum, form of *bastāre (“to carry”), from Ancient Greek βαστάζω (bastázō, “to lift, carry”). Doublet of baton and baston.

Noun

bat (plural bats)

1. (obsolete) A packsaddle.

Derived terms

• batman

Etymology 6

Noun

bat

1. Dated form of baht (“Thai currency”).

Etymology 7

Noun

bat (plural bats)

1. (Caribbean, MLE) Clipping of batty (“buttocks or anus”).

Etymology 8

Noun

bat (plural bats)

1. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A child's shoe without a welt.
   • 1909, Boot and Shoe Recorder, volume 55, page 25:

     The retailer who sells a little girl a pretty pair of shoes today instead of a pair of bats, is bound to sell that girl, when she grows up, a pair of stylish $3 or $4 shoes instead of her buying a pair of $1.98 bargain bats elsewhere.

2. (UK, slang, obsolete) A boot that is badly made or in poor condition.

References

• (child's shoe; boot): J. Wright, The English Dialect Dictionary
• (boot): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Etymology 9

Noun

bat (plural bats)

2. (slang) Clipping of battery.

   Alternative form: batt

   • 1997 November 30, renovations@usa.net [Sherry Edwards], “FS----Great Xmas Gifts”, in van.forsale‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     All these things must sell... […] * Motorola Cell phone bat/case/no contract

   • 1999 February 16, Death to Spammers!!!, “Palm V Sneak Preview - Review with Pictures”, in comp.sys.palmtops.pilot‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     [T]he razor was allways^[sic] planed^[sic] to be a thinner PalmIII with Li-Ion bat and a better LCD (i.e. less glare and more contrast)... […] You can replace it in the same way than^[sic] the Cell Phone bat's...very easy !!!

   • 2000 June 30, Steve Perry, “cheapest place for laptop bat?”, in england.ads.computer‎^[5] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     where is cheapest place to buy laptop batt?

   • 2002 September 1, gofast, “f.S Computer stuff”, in kingston.forsale‎^[6] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     1 toshiba^[sic] t2450ct laptop bat does not work but fine on power supply.

   • 2003 July 7, 1234, “Wanted dead laptop bat packs for IBM”, in calgary.forsale‎^[7] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     I am looking for dead battery packs for the IBM 700 series.

   • 2005 January 10, Richard, “laptop batteries”, in wpg.computers.help‎^[8] (Usenet), archived from the original on 9 September 2025:

     The retail for my laptop bat in Wpg was around $300 and I got it for around $125 canadian.^[sic]

See also

• bat chayil
• bat mitzvah
• bits and bats

Anagrams

• ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BTA, TBA, Tab, abt, abt., tab

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *N-pat.

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /bat˧/
• (Lianghe) [pa³¹]
• (Longchuan) [pat³⁵]
• (Luxi) [pat³¹]
• (Xiandao) [pat⁵⁵]

Verb

bat

1. to strike, hit, beat

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[9], Payap University, pages 10-11

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• batu

Etymology

From Latin battō, from earlier battuō. Compare Daco-Romanian bat, bate.

Verb

bat (third-person singular bati or bate, participle bãtutã)

1. to beat, hit, strike
2. to defeat

Synonyms

• (beat): agudescu
• (defeat): azvingu

Related terms

• batiri/batire
• bãteri
• bãtut
• bãtutã
• strãbat

Basque

Etymology

From a reduced form of Proto-Basque *bade (“one, some”), present also in bederatzi (“nine”) and bedera (“same; everyone”). Compared by Eduardo Orduña and Joan Ferrer to Iberian ban (“one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat/ [bat̪]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: bat

Determiner

bat (postposed)

1. a, an, some

   musu bat

   a kiss

2. (after a numeral) some, about, around

   Bidaiak hamar bat ordu iraungo du.

   The trip will take around ten hours.

3. the same

Usage notes

• The determiner doesn't take the definite singular form.

Declension

Declension of Basque indefinite and related pronouns/determiners

		bat				bakoitz
		indefinite	singular	plural		indefinite	singular
absolutive		bat	bata	batzuk		bakoitz	bakoitza
ergative		batek	batak	batzuek		bakoitzek	bakoitzak
dative		bati	batari	batzuei		bakoitzi	bakoitzari
genitive		baten	bataren	batzuen		bakoitzen	bakoitzaren
comitative		batekin	batarekin	batzuekin		bakoitzekin	bakoitzarekin
causative		batengatik, bategatik	batarengatik	batzuengatik		bakoitzengatik	bakoitzarengatik
benefactive		batentzat	batarentzat	batzuentzat		bakoitzentzat	bakoitzarentzat
instrumental		batez	bataz	batzuez		bakoitzez	bakoitzaz
inessive	anim	batengan	batarengan	batzuengan		bakoitzengan	bakoitzarengan
	inan	batean, baten	batean	batzuetan		bakoitzean	bakoitzean
locative		bateko	bateko	batzuetako		bakoitzeko	bakoitzeko
allative	anim	batengana	batarengana	batzuengana		bakoitzengana	bakoitzarengana
	inan	batera	batera	batzuetara		bakoitzera	bakoitzera
terminative	anim	batenganaino	batarenganaino	batzuenganaino		bakoitzenganaino	bakoitzarenganaino
	inan	bateraino	bateraino	batzuetaraino		bakoitzeraino	bakoitzeraino
directive	anim	batenganantz	batarenganantz	batzuenganantz		bakoitzenganantz	bakoitzarenganantz
	inan	baterantz	baterantz	batzuetarantz		bakoitzerantz	bakoitzerantz
destinative	anim	batenganako	batarenganako	batzuenganako		bakoitzenganako	bakoitzarenganako
	inan	baterako	baterako	batzuetarako		bakoitzerako	bakoitzerako
ablative	anim	batengandik	batarengandik	batzuengandik		bakoitzengandik	bakoitzarengandik
	inan	batetik	batetik	batzuetatik		bakoitzetik	bakoitzetik

Numeral

Basque numbers ^(edit)

		10
	[a], [b] ←  0	1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: bat     Ordinal: lehen     Multiplier: bakoitz     Distributive: bana

bat

1. one

   Sagar bat eta lau laranja.

   One apple and four oranges.

Usage notes

• The declension table shown in this section only applies when bat is used as a noun (usually when referring to the number itself). For other uses see the other declension tables.

Declension

Declension of bat (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	bat	bata	batak	batok
ergative	batek	batak	batek	batok
dative	bati	batari	batei	batoi
genitive	baten	bataren	baten	baton
comitative	batekin	batarekin	batekin	batokin
causative	batengatik	batarengatik	batengatik	batongatik
benefactive	batentzat	batarentzat	batentzat	batontzat
instrumental	batez	bataz	batez	batotaz
inessive	batetan	batean	batetan	batotan
locative	batetako	bateko	batetako	batotako
allative	batetara	batera	batetara	batotara
terminative	batetaraino	bateraino	batetaraino	batotaraino
directive	batetarantz	baterantz	batetarantz	batotarantz
destinative	batetarako	baterako	batetarako	batotarako
ablative	batetatik	batetik	batetatik	batotatik
partitive	batik	—	—	—
prolative	battzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• bakar (“unique, only, alone”)
• bakoitz (“each, unique”)
• bana (“one of each”)
• bat egin (“to unite”)
• bat egon (“to agree”)
• bat etorri (“to agree”)
• bat izan (“to be united”)
• batasun (“unity”)
• bateko (“single”)
• batera (“together”)
• batere (“any, no”)
• batezbesteko (“on average”)
• batu (“to unite”)
• batugai (“summand”)
• batugailu
• batukari (“summation”)
• batuketa (“sum, addition”)
• batura (“sum”)
• batza
• batzaile (“uniter”)
• batzaldi (“meeting”)
• batze (“gathering, union”)
• batzoki
• batzuk (“some”)

Pronoun

bat (indefinite)

1. some, something, someone

Usage notes

• When used as a pronoun, the definite form bata is more common in Southern dialects.

Declension

Declension of Basque indefinite and related pronouns/determiners

		bat				bakoitz
		indefinite	singular	plural		indefinite	singular
absolutive		bat	bata	batzuk		bakoitz	bakoitza
ergative		batek	batak	batzuek		bakoitzek	bakoitzak
dative		bati	batari	batzuei		bakoitzi	bakoitzari
genitive		baten	bataren	batzuen		bakoitzen	bakoitzaren
comitative		batekin	batarekin	batzuekin		bakoitzekin	bakoitzarekin
causative		batengatik, bategatik	batarengatik	batzuengatik		bakoitzengatik	bakoitzarengatik
benefactive		batentzat	batarentzat	batzuentzat		bakoitzentzat	bakoitzarentzat
instrumental		batez	bataz	batzuez		bakoitzez	bakoitzaz
inessive	anim	batengan	batarengan	batzuengan		bakoitzengan	bakoitzarengan
	inan	batean, baten	batean	batzuetan		bakoitzean	bakoitzean
locative		bateko	bateko	batzuetako		bakoitzeko	bakoitzeko
allative	anim	batengana	batarengana	batzuengana		bakoitzengana	bakoitzarengana
	inan	batera	batera	batzuetara		bakoitzera	bakoitzera
terminative	anim	batenganaino	batarenganaino	batzuenganaino		bakoitzenganaino	bakoitzarenganaino
	inan	bateraino	bateraino	batzuetaraino		bakoitzeraino	bakoitzeraino
directive	anim	batenganantz	batarenganantz	batzuenganantz		bakoitzenganantz	bakoitzarenganantz
	inan	baterantz	baterantz	batzuetarantz		bakoitzerantz	bakoitzerantz
destinative	anim	batenganako	batarenganako	batzuenganako		bakoitzenganako	bakoitzarenganako
	inan	baterako	baterako	batzuetarako		bakoitzerako	bakoitzerako
ablative	anim	batengandik	batarengandik	batzuengandik		bakoitzengandik	bakoitzarengandik
	inan	batetik	batetik	batzuetatik		bakoitzetik	bakoitzetik

Derived terms

• bakoitz (“each”)
• bat bakarra (“the only”)
• bat bera (“the only”)
• bat edo bat (“someone”)
• bat edo beste (“some”)
• bat-banaka (“one by one”)
• bat-banatu (“to divide”)
• bat-batean (“suddenly”)
• bat-bateko (“sudden”)
• bat-batekotasun (“suddenness”)
• bat-batera (“suddenly”)
• bat-batez (“suddenly”)
• bata bestearen gainka
• batbedera
• batean (“at the same time”)
• batek daki
• batek jakin
• batekoz beste
• baten bat (“someone”)
• baten batzuk
• batera (“at the same time”)
• batera eta bestera
• bateratsu (“almost at the same time”)
• batere
• batetik bestera
• batetik bestera aldea egon
• batez beste (“on average”)
• batez besteko (“average”)
• batez ere (“in particular”)
• batezbesteko (“average”)
• batik bat (“in particular”)
• batño
• batto
• batxo

Further reading

• “bat zenbatzailea”, in Euskara Batuaren Eskuliburua [Handbook of Standard Basque], Euskaltzaindia, 2023
• “bat zenbatzailea / -a artikulua (batzuk/-ak)”, in Euskara Batuaren Eskuliburua [Handbook of Standard Basque], Euskaltzaindia, 2023
• “bat”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbat]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

Deverbal from batre.

Noun

bat m (plural bats)

1. a place exposed to the elements

   Synonyms: batent, baterell

Etymology 2

Verb

bat

1. inflection of batre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English bat.

Noun

bat m (plural bats)

1. (baseball) bat

Derived terms

• batada

Related terms

• batedor

Further reading

“bat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat/ [ˈbat̪]

Noun

bat

1. alternative form of balat

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈb̥ad̥]

Etymology 1

From English bat.

Noun

bat n (singular definite battet, plural indefinite bat or bats)

1. bat (a club for striking a ball)

Declension

Declension of bat

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bat	battet	bat bats	battene
genitive	bats	battets	bats bats'	battenes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bat

1. imperative of batte

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophones: bats (general), bât, bâts, bas (some speakers)

Verb

bat

1. third-person singular present indicative of battre

See also

• bat les couilles (“not give a fuck”)

Anagrams

• t.a.b.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːt
• Homophones: Bad (standard, but not universal), Bart (some speakers)

Verb

bat

1. first/third-person singular preterite of bitten

Guianese Creole

Etymology

From French battre.

Verb

bat

1. to hit, to strike, to beat

References

• Barthelemi, Georges (1995), Dictionnaire Pratique Créole Guyanais - Français [Practical Guianese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Cayenne: Ibis Rouge Éditions, →ISBN, page 52

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French battre (“beat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat/

Verb

bat

1. to spank, to beat

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[10], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 21

Hokkien

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bus.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍t

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bat
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /bat̚⁴³/

Noun

bat

1. (Singapore Hokkien) bus
   • 2018, 欢喜就好 [Happy Can Already]‎^[11], season 4, episode 5, spoken by 梁婆婆 [Liang Po Po] (梁志强 [Jack Neo]):

     聽講這擺搭bat啊，也是真正方便啦乎 [Hokkien, trad.]
     听讲这摆搭bat啊，也是真正方便啦乎 [Hokkien, simp.]

     thiaⁿ-kóng chit-pái tah ba̍t--ah, ā-sī chin-chiàⁿ hong-piān--lah--hohⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I heard these days, taking the bus is quite convenient

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 公共汽車 (“(public) bus”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		公共汽車, 巴士 Hong Kong, Singapore
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	公交車, 公交, 公共汽車
	Taiwan	公共汽車, 公車, 巴士
	Harbin	公共汽車
	Malaysia	巴士
	Singapore	巴士
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	公交車, 公交
	Jinan	公共汽車, 公務汽車 Hui people in Ganshiqiao
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	公共兒汽車
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	公共汽車
	Xining	公共汽車
	Xuzhou	公共汽車
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	公共汽車, автобус
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	公共汽車
	Lanzhou	公共車, 公交車
	Ürümqi	公共汽車, 公共車
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	公共汽車
	Wuhan	公共汽車
	Guiyang	公共汽車
	Liuzhou	公共汽車
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	公共汽車兒
	Yangzhou	公交車子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	公共汽車, 巴士
	Hong Kong	巴士
	Taishan	巴士
	Dongguan	公共汽車
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	巴士, 巴車
	Singapore (Guangfu)	巴士
Gan	Lichuan	公共汽車
Hakka	Meixian	公共汽車
	Yudu	公共汽車
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	巴士, 公車, 公共汽車
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	巴士, 公車, 公共汽車
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	巴士, 公車, 公共汽車
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	巴士, 公車, 公共汽車
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	巴士, 公車, 公共汽車
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	巴士, 公車
Jin	Taiyuan	汽車
	Xinzhou	公共汽車
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	公交車, 公交
Southern Min	Taipei	公車, 巴士
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	巴士
	Kaohsiung	公車, 巴士
	Yilan	公車
	Changhua (Lukang)	公車, 巴士
	Taichung	公車
	Tainan	公車, 巴士
	Hsinchu	巴士
	Kinmen	公車
	Penghu (Magong)	公車
	Penang (Hokkien)	bas
	Singapore (Hokkien)	bat, 巴士
	Manila (Hokkien)	bas, bas車, bus
	Shantou	公交車
	Singapore (Teochew)	巴士
	Wenchang	公共汽車, 公車
	Haikou	公共汽車
	Qionghai	公交車
	Singapore (Hainanese)	巴車
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	巴士
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	公共汽車
Wu	Shanghai	公交車, 公共汽車
	Shanghai (Chongming)	公共汽車
	Suzhou	公共汽車
	Danyang	公共汽車
	Hangzhou	公共汽車
	Wenzhou	公共車
	Jinhua	公交車, 公共汽車
Xiang	Changsha	公共汽車
	Xiangtan	公共車子

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of bat – see 捌 (“to know; to recognise; to be familiar with”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 捌).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbat/ [ˈbat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: bat

Adverb

bat

1. (slang) syncopic form of banget

Jamaican Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat/
• Hyphenation: bat

Etymology 1

bat

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bat (plural bat dem, quantified bat)

1. moth (nocturnal insect)

   Duppy bat still a fly like hawk.

   Black witch moths are still flying around like hawks.

   • 2003, Amber Wilson, Jamaica: The Land (in English), page 30:

     “Hundreds of species of butterflies and moths live in Jamaica. Jamaicans call large moths "bats." The black witch moth is known as "the duppy bat." A duppy is a spirit in Jamaican culture that sometimes causes mischief. Duppy bats have brown [...]”

Derived terms

• dunce bat
• duppy bat

Etymology 2

bat

From English bat.

Noun

bat (plural bat dem, quantified bat)

1. bat (instrument for hitting or striking)

   When yu get one lick from me wid di bat... yu wi know.

   If I hit you once with this bat, you'll understand.

Derived terms

• old bat

References

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 83
• bat – jamaicans.com Jamaican Patois dictionary

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ပတ် (pat).

Noun

bat

1. week

References

• Kurabe, Keita (31 December 2016), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research‎^[12], volume 35, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 91–128

Luo

Noun

bat (plural bede)

1. arm

Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat/

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *bath, from Proto-West Germanic *baþ.

Noun

bat n

1. bath

Inflection

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	bat	bāde
accusative	bat	bāde
genitive	bats, bāets, bādes	bāde
dative	bāde	bāden

Descendants

• Dutch: bad
• Limburgish: baad

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *bat, *bet, from Proto-Germanic *batiz.

Adverb

bat

1. better; comparative degree of wel

   Synonym: beter

Alternative forms

• bet

Descendants

• Dutch: bet (still as simplex in Early Modern Dutch, now fossilized in e.g. in betweter (“know-it-all”))

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bat

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of bidden

Further reading

• “bat (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “bat (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bet (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page bet

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English batt, from Celtic; influenced by Old French batte.

Alternative forms

• batt, batte, bot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bat/, /bɔt/

Noun

bat (plural battes or botten)

1. A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon)
2. (rare) A pole or stick used for other
3. (rare, Late Middle English) A strike or hit from a weapon.
4. (rare, Late Middle English) A clump of soft material.

Descendants

• English: bat, batt
• Scots: bat
• Yola: bath, bat
• → Irish: bata
• → Scottish Gaelic: bata

References

• “bat, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 July 2018.

Etymology 2

Noun

bat

1. (Northern) alternative form of bot (“boat”)

Middle High German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbaːt/

Verb

bāt

1. alternative form of badete

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bait.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːt

Noun

bāt m

1. boat

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bāt	bātas
accusative	bāt	bātas
genitive	bātes	bāta
dative	bāte	bātum

Occasionally appears as feminine: Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bāt	bāta, bāte
accusative	bāte	bāta, bāte
genitive	bāte	bāta
dative	bāte	bātum

Descendants

• → Istriot: batana
• Middle English: bot, boet, boot, bote, bat, bate (Early Middle English or Northern), boote, bootte (Late Middle English), boyt (East Anglia)
  • English: boat
  • Scots: bate, bait
  • → Middle Dutch: boot
    • Dutch: boot
      • Afrikaans: boot
  • → Middle Low German: bôt, bott
    • Low German: Boot
    • Plautdietsch: Boot
    • → German: Boot
  • → North Frisian: böötj
  • → Saterland Frisian: Boot
  • → West Frisian: boat
  • → Catalan: bot
  • → Galician: bote
  • → Old French: bot
    • → Portuguese: bote
  • → Spanish: bote
    • → Cebuano: bote
• → Old Norse: bátr (see there for further descendants)
• → Old French: batel (see there for further descendants)
• → Middle Irish: bát
  • Irish: bád
  • Scottish Gaelic: bàta
  • Manx: baatey
• → Latin: battus
• → Welsh: bad

Old French

Alternative forms

• bot, bote

Etymology

Borrowed from Old English bāt and Middle English bot.

Noun

bat oblique singular, m (oblique plural batz, nominative singular batz, nominative plural bat)

1. boat

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “bat”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bad̪/

Verb

bat

1. inflection of is:
   1. third-person plural imperative
   2. third-person plural present subjunctive

Mutation

Mutation of bat

radical	lenition	nasalization
bat	bat pronounced with /β-/	mbat

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

bat

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Zagórze) IPA^(key): [ˈbat]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: bat
• Homophones: bad, Bat

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *batati

Proto-Slavic *batiti

Proto-Slavic *batъ

Polish bat

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *batъ.

Noun

bat m inan (diminutive bacik)

1. whip (rod for beating)

   Synonym: bicz

2. (slang) joint (marijuana cigarette)
3. (in the plural) whipping, lash (type of corporal punishment)

   Synonyms: bicie, cięgi, knoty, lanie, wały

4. (in the plural, literary) reproof (criticizing)

   Synonym: cięgi

5. (in the plural, literary) whipping, licking, beating (heavy defeat or setback)

   Synonym: cięgi

Declension

Declension of bat

	singular	plural
nominative	bat	baty
genitive	bata	batów
dative	batowi/batu	batom
accusative	bat	baty
instrumental	batem	batami
locative	bacie	batach
vocative	bacie	baty

Derived terms

adverbs/prepositions

• pod batem

Related terms

nouns

• batog
• batożek
• batożnik

verbs

• batożyć impf
• wybatożyć pf

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish bat or Italian batto.

Noun

bat m inan

1. bateau (type of boat)

Declension

Declension of bat

	singular	plural
nominative	bat	baty
genitive	batu	batów
dative	batowi	batom
accusative	bat	baty
instrumental	batem	batami
locative	bacie	batach
vocative	bacie	baty

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Thai บาท (bàat).

Noun

bat m animal

1. baht (currency of Thailand)

Declension

Declension of bat

	singular	plural
nominative	bat	baty
genitive	bata	batów
dative	batowi	batom
accusative	bata	baty
instrumental	batem	batami
locative	bacie	batach
vocative	bacie	baty

Further reading

• “bat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[13] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[14] (in Polish)
• Józefa Kobylińska (2001), “bat”, in Marian Kucała, editor, Słownik gwary gorczańskiej (zagórzańskiej)‎^[15] (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii Pedagogicznej, →ISBN, page 4

Romanian

Verb

bat

1. inflection of bate:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *batъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bât/

Noun

bȁt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̏т)

1. mallet
2. helve hammer

Declension

Declension of bat

	singular	plural
nominative	bȁt	bàtovi
genitive	bata	batova
dative	batu	batovima
accusative	bat	batove
vocative	bate	batovi
locative	batu	batovima
instrumental	batom	batovima

Further reading

• “bat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باصدی (bastı) (Turkish bastı), from باصمق (basmak) (Turkish basmak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːt/

Noun

bȃt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̑т)

1. The tramp of heavy footsteps, as in a military march
   • 1939, Čedomir Minderović, Crven je istok i zapad:

     Napred, sve bliže i bliže, / Čuje se koraka bat. / Glas milijona se diže: / Dole fašizam i rat!

     Forward, ever closer and closer, / the tramp of footsteps is heard. / The voice of millions is raised: / Down with fascism and war!

2. (rare) The tramp of horses’ hooves

Declension

Declension of bat

	singular	plural
nominative	bȃt	bátovi
genitive	bata	batova
dative	batu	batovima
accusative	bat	batove
vocative	bate	batovi
locative	batu	batovima
instrumental	batom	batovima

Further reading

• “bat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːt/

Noun

bȃt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̑т)

1. alternative form of bȁht

Declension

Declension of bat

	singular	plural
nominative	bat	batovi
genitive	bata	batova
dative	batu	batovima
accusative	bat	batove
vocative	bate	batovi
locative	batu	batovima
instrumental	batom	batovima

Further reading

• “bat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbat/ [ˈbat̪]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: bat

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰh₂-der.?

Celticder.?

Old English batt

Old French batteinflu.

Middle English bat

English batbor.

Spanish bat

Borrowed from English bat.

Noun

bat m (plural bats)

1. (baseball) bat (act of batting)

Further reading

• “bat”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Etymology 2

Noun

bat

1. misspelling of baht

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbat/ [ˈbat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: bat

Adverb

bat (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆ᜔)

1. alternative spelling of ba't

Turkish

Verb

bat

1. second-person singular imperative of batmak

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /ɓätʰ/

Verb

bat

1. (intransitive) to go

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Laughlin, Robert M. [et al.] (1988) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of Santo Domingo Zinacantán, vol. I. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Yola

Noun

bat

1. alternative form of bath
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:

     Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.

     But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 106

Yucatec Maya

Noun

bat (plural batoʼob)

1. hail, hailstone

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /paːt˧˥/
• Tone numbers: bad⁷
• Hyphenation: bat

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 缽 (pat).

Noun

bat (Sawndip forms 朳 or 𥐙 or 鈸 or 叭 or 拔, 1957–1982 spelling bat)

1. basin; bowl

   Synonym: (dialectal) angq

Derived terms

• batceij
• batcij
• batcuz
• batdin
• batfeiz
• batguengj
• batgyumj
• bathang
• batloiz
• batmanh
• batnaj
• batngaeuj
• batva
• batvax

Classifier

bat (1957–1982 spelling bat)

1. basin of; bowl of

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 八 (peat, “eight”). Doublet of bet.

Numeral

bat (1957–1982 spelling bat)

1. eight (used in compounds)

   Synonym: bet