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bateau.

a vessel of any size, a ship or boat

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ba.to/
  1. a vessel of any size, a ship or boat

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French batel, Anglo-Norman bat, from Old English bāt (English boat) + suffix from Latin -ellus. It displaced the native word nef, which comes from Latin navis.

adj/ba.to/
  1. banal, unoriginal, hackneyed

Where this word comes from

From Old French batel, Anglo-Norman bat, from Old English bāt (English boat) + suffix from Latin -ellus. It displaced the native word nef, which comes from Latin navis.

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