battre
Middle French
verb
Definitions
- (reflexive) to fight; to engage in combat
Etymology
Inherited from Old French batre (beat).
Origin
Old French
batre
Gloss
beat
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- batter English
- battere Latin
- battuō Latin
- battō Latin
- battō, battere, batto Latin
- battere Italian
- battable French
- battage French
- battement French
- batteur French
- batteuse French
- battoir French
- battre French
- débattre French
- rebattre French
- baterie Old French
- bateure Old French
- batre Old French
- bati Esperanto
- battre Norman
- bate Walloon
- baitre Bourguignon