bas les pattes
French, interjection/ba le pat/
bas les pattes is a French interjection meaning “hands off! paws off! mitts off!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Interdiction de toucher à”.
What does bas les pattes mean in English?
interjection
- 1
informalhands off! paws off! mitts off!
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Interdiction de toucher à.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bas les pattes
- bas les pattes ! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bas les pattes?
- /ba le pat/
- /bɑ le pat/
- \bɑ lɛ pat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.