baton
English
/ˈbætɒn/, /bəˈtɑn/
noun
Definitions
- A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes
- (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
- (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
- (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon UK.
- (heraldiccharge) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
- (heraldiccharge) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
- A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
Etymology
Borrowed from French bâton.
Origin
French
bâton
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Baton Rouge English
- batonic English
- batonless English
- batonlike English
- bastum Latin
- bâton French
- bâtonner French
- bâtonnet French
- bâtonnier French
- батон Russian
- bastonada Spanish, Castilian
- bastonazo Spanish, Castilian
- bastonear Spanish, Castilian
- bastón Spanish, Castilian
- vástago Spanish, Castilian
- batong Norwegian Bokmål
- bastão Portuguese
- batongbröd Swedish
- baton Polish
- batong Norwegian Nynorsk
- baston Old French
- bastono Esperanto
- baton Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ba toong Vietnamese
- baston Papiamentu
- baton Haitian, Haitian Creole
- baton Mauritian Creole
- baton Crimean Tatar
- baston Hiligaynon
- baton Seychellois Creole
- boutou Antillean Creole