batave
French, adjective
batave is spelled B-A-T-A-V-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Batave is a French adjective meaning “Batavian” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Batave is a different word: “Batavian”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à la région ou à la population germanique de Batavie, région de la Germanie inférieure située au nord…”.
What does batave mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Batavian
- 2
Dutch (from the Netherlands)
noun
- 1
femininemasculineBatavian
- 2
femininemasculineDutchman; Hollander
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la région ou à la population germanique de Batavie, région de la Germanie inférieure située au nord du Rhin à l’époque romaine. 2. Relatif aux Pays-Bas et à ses habitants.
noun: 1. Habitant, habitante des Pays-Bas.
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 batave
- bataves plural
- Bataves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is batave in French?
batave appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).