béat

See also: beat, Beat, and béât

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French beate, from Latin beatus (“happy, blessed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.a/
• Homophones: béa, Béa, béas, béât, béats

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Adjective

béat (feminine béate, masculine plural béats, feminine plural béates)

1. blissful
2. in awe

Derived terms

• béatement
• béatifier
• béatique
• béatitude

 

Noun

béat m (plural béats, feminine béate)

1. beatus

Further reading

• “béat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.