baton

• bâton

From French bâton. Doublet of baston.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bătʹŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈbætɒn/
• (US) enPR: bətänʹ, IPA^(key): /bəˈtɑn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ætɒn, (US) -ɑn

baton (plural batons)

1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.

   A field marshal's baton

2. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
3. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
4. (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).

   Synonyms: billy club, nightstick

5. (heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
6. (heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
7. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.

• wand; rod; bat; club
• See also Thesaurus:stick

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

1. To strike with a baton.

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at
• The Observer's Book of Heraldry, by Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, page 58.

• baton on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Baton in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• Botan, tabon

Borrowed from English baton, from French bâton, from Old French baston, probably from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōnis. Doublet of baston.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ton
• IPA^(key): /baˈton/, [bʌˈt̪un̪]

batón

1. baton (staff or truncheon)
   1. (music) stick of a conductor of an orchestra, or the majorette or drum major of a marching band
   2. (sports) object transferred by relay runners
   3. club used by policemen; night stick

      Synonym: batuta

batón

1. (music) to conduct an orchestra
2. (music) to lead a marching band
3. to use something as a baton

• baston

batón

1. to have something
2. to have a servant
3. to watch; to look after; to take care of

• binatonan (“servant”)
• binatnan (“animal raised for someone; foster child”)

• Fr. Juan Felis de la Encarnación (1851) Diccionario bisaya-español‎ (in Cebuano and Spanish), Amigos del País, page 53
• John U. Wolff (1972) A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎ (in Cebuano and English), Cornell University

From French bâton.

baton

1. bread stick
2. chocolate stick

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

baton

1. accusative singular of bato

From French bâton.

baton

1. stick

báton

1. accept, get, receive

baton

1. Rōmaji transcription of バトン

• matan
• batan

From French bâton (“stick”).

baton

1. stick
2. stalk
3. rod, pole
4. cane, walking stick

• Albert Valdman; Thomas A. Klinger; Margaret M. Marshall; Kevin J. Rottet, Dictionary of Louisiana Creole, →ISBN, page 64

From French bâton.

baton

1. stick

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Borrowed from French bâton.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.tɔn/

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• Rhymes: -atɔn
• Syllabification: ba‧ton

baton m inan (diminutive batonik) or baton m anim (diminutive batonik)

1. candy bar

• baton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• baton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French bâton.

• IPA^(key): /baˈton/

baton n (plural batoane)

1. bar, stick

   baton de ciocolată ― chocolate bar

• baton in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

From French bâton.

baton

1. stick

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Borrowed from English baton, from French bâton, from Old French baston, probably from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōnis. Doublet of baston.

• Hyphenation: ba‧ton
• IPA^(key): /baˈton/, [bɐˈton]

batón

1. baton (staff or truncheon)
   1. (music) stick of a conductor of an orchestra, or the majorette or drum major of a marching band

      Synonyms: (conductor baton) batuta, botong

   2. (sports) object transferred by relay runners

      Synonym: botong

   3. club used by policemen; night stick

      Synonyms: batuta, botong

• baston

• “baton”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

batón

1. lipstick