batel

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish batel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batel/, [ba.t̪e̞l]

Noun

batel inan

1. small boat, dinghy

   Synonym: txalupa

Declension

Declension of batel (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	batel	batela	batelak
ergative	batelek	batelak	batelek
dative	bateli	batelari	batelei
genitive	batelen	batelaren	batelen
comitative	batelekin	batelarekin	batelekin
causative	batelengatik	batelarengatik	batelengatik
benefactive	batelentzat	batelarentzat	batelentzat
instrumental	batelez	batelaz	batelez
inessive	bateletan	batelean	bateletan
locative	bateletako	bateleko	bateletako
allative	bateletara	batelera	bateletara
terminative	bateletaraino	bateleraino	bateletaraino
directive	bateletarantz	batelerantz	bateletarantz
destinative	bateletarako	batelerako	bateletarako
ablative	bateletatik	bateletik	bateletatik
partitive	batelik	—	—
prolative	bateltzat	—	—

Derived terms

• batelari

 

Further reading

• “batel”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “batel”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Friulian

Etymology

Related to bati; from a derivative of Latin battuō, battuere, cf. Vulgar Latin *bataclum < *bat(t)uaculum. Compare French batail, Catalan batall, Italian battaglio. See also batecul.

Noun

batel m (plural batei)

1. clapper (on a bell)

Synonyms

• batecul

Related terms

• batocj
• bati

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), borrowed from Old French batel, from Old English bat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

Noun

batel m (plural bateis)

1. tender; rowboat
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:

     batel para entrar et seyr et para dar carga et tomar carga en porto estando, tenpo non perdendo

     [a] boat for entering and exiting and for taking and delivering the cargo whilst at the harbour, not losing time

   Synonyms: chalupa, esquife

2. boat for crossing rivers

   Synonym: barca

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Old French batail. Doublet of badalo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtɛl/

Noun

batel m (plural bateis)

1. clapper (on a bell)

   Synonym: badalo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “batel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “batel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “batel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “batel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Middle English

Noun

batel

1. Alternative form of batayle

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French batel (“boat”).

Noun

batel m (plural bateaulx)

1. boat (watercraft)

Old French

Etymology

Old English bat +‎ -el

Noun

batel oblique singular, m (oblique plural bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative singular bateaus or bateax or batiaus or batiax or batels, nominative plural batel)

1. boat (watercraft)

Synonyms

• nef (more common)

Descendants

• Angevin: batiau
• Bourguignon: baiteâ
• Champenois: baté, batiau
• Franc-Comtois: baitiâ
• Middle French: bateau
• Norman: baté
• Picard: batieu, batiau
• Poitevin-Saintongeais: batea
• Walloon: batea
  • French: bateau
    • Haitian Creole: bato
    • English: bateau
• → Italian: battello
• → Occitan: batèl, batèu
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: batel
  • Galician: batel
  • Portuguese: batel, bote
• → Spanish: batel, bote

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese batel, from Old French batel (“boat”) (Modern French bateau).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈtɛw/ [baˈtɛʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtɛl/ [bɐˈtɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtɛl/ [bɐˈtɛɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈtɛ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
• Hyphenation: ba‧tel

Noun

batel m (plural batéis)

1. (nautical) (small) boat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian battello.

Noun

batel n (uncountable)

1. a small ship

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	batel	batelul
genitive-dative	batel	batelului
vocative	batelule

References

• batel in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French batel (“boat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtel/ [baˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ba‧tel

Noun

batel m (plural bateles)

1. rowboat for four rowers and a cox

Further reading

• “batel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10