débattre
French
verb
Definitions
- to negotiate
- ( + de / sur) to discuss, debate
- (reflexive) to struggle
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French debatre inherited from Old French debatre (debate, also literarlly to beat down, fight, contend) prefix from French battre.
Origin
French
battre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dis- Latin
- Debatte German
- debattieren German
- battere Italian
- battable French
- battage French
- battement French
- batteur French
- batteuse French
- battoir French
- battre French
- débattable French
- rebattre French
- debattere Norwegian Bokmål
- debata Polish
- debattere Norwegian Nynorsk
- debatre Old French
- bati Esperanto
- debatteren Middle Dutch
- d'bat Norman
- battre Middle French
- debatre Middle French