baston
French, noun/bas.tɔ̃/
baston is spelled B-A-S-T-O-N (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,143rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Baston is a French feminine noun meaning “scrap, fight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bagarre, bastonnade”.
What does baston mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininescrap, fight
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bagarre, bastonnade. 2. Nom sous lequel étaient désignées l’ensemble des armes à feu. ^([1]) ^([2])
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 baston
- bastons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce baston?
- /bas.tɔ̃/
- \bas.tɔ̃\
- [bɑs.tɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to baston
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is baston in French?
baston appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).